Mental Health
Name ways to practice your self-care
Doing the things you love that make you happy. Open ended answer
This diagnosis is characterized by a persistent low or depressed mood and a loss of interest in activities that one previously enjoyed.
What is Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
True or False: medication is the only treatment method that works for mental health problems
False: medication can be helpful, but different types of therapy help to overcome or improve a mental illness.
In the Middle Ages, people with mental illness were often thought to be possessed by ____.
What are demons.
This singer cofounded Wondermind, a platform designed to foster community and to provide education and resources around mental health. She also founded her Rare Impact Fund, which aims to raise over $100 million within the next decade to benefit mental health services and education.
Who is Selena Gomez.
The broad term used to describe a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions can impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
What is mental health?
This diagnosis is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, speech or behavior.
What is schizophrenia?
What are two things that can promote positive mental health?
Exercise, mindfulness, positive connections, talking about your problems, getting enough sleep, participating in a hobby, healthy eating....?
Teletherapy and online mental health services became increasingly popular after this significant event which caused the world to stand still (and six feet apart).
What is the COVID-19 pandemic
This singer-songwriter and actress has won numerous awards for her hit songs like Born This Way and Til It Happens to You. From a young age, she has struggled with depression and anxiety, citing therapy and music for her success and management of symptoms.
Who is Lady Gaga
What is stigma
This diagnosis is characterized by uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and/or behaviors that a person feels the urge to repeat over and over.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Recognizing positive things from your day/life is a coping strategy known as ____
What is gratitude, or being grateful
These facilities were established in the 17th century (1601-1700). Living conditions were often poor and treatments were harsh.
What are mental asylums.
This singer and actress, best known for her hit album Thank U, Next, has credited music and therapy for helping her get through her grief of the death of her famous ex-boyfriend, anxiety, and depression. She shared that "I was doing so much therapy, and I was dealing with PTSD and all different kinds of grief and depression and anxiety."
Who is Ariana Grande
The book clinicians use to diagnose mental health disorders?
What is the DSM (5) The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
A mental health condition that develops following a traumatic event characterized by intrusive thoughts about the incident, recurrent distress/anxiety, flashback and avoidance of similar situations.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This is a therapeutic technique where you focus your awareness on the present moment, while calming acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
What is mindfulness
This famous Austrian neurologist founded psychoanalysis, a revolutionary theory and therapy that fundamentally shifted psychology's focus towards the unconscious mind. He is generally known as the father of psychoanalysis, although his theory lacks empirical support and includes provocative ideas about sexuality, gender, and the unconscious.
Who is Sigmund Freud.
This celebrity has opened up about her struggle with depression and is a fierce mental health advocate. She has shared her experience through her music with songs like Happier Than Ever and Everything I Wanted.
Who is Billie Eilish
A type of talk therapy aimed at helping people learn how to cope with difficult situations by challenging irrational thoughts and changing behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBC)?
A mental health condition defined by periods (or episodes) of extreme high or extreme lows that affect mood, thoughts, and behaviors.
What is bipolar disorder?
Name three things you can do to help a friend who thinks they may have a mental health problem.
Listen to them, spend time with them, encourage them to seek help, help them make appointments. Open ended
This high-risk procedure that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex, became a common treatment in the 1940s and 1950s. It is now obsolete due to its severe side effects and the availability of safer, more effective treatments.
What is lobotomy.
This Olympian gymnast made headlines when she withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics midway through the competition, stating "I say put your mental health first."
Who is Simone Biles