Mental Health
A condition that changes the persons thinking, feeling, or behavior... or all three.
What is a mental health disorder.
Georgia is named after this person.
Who is King George II
When the use of mood altering drugs interferes with or has a negative effect on a persons physical, psychological, social legal or emotional, occupational or educational well being. (Classified as what?)
What is a substance use disorder.
What is it called when a person has both a substance abuse disorder and mental health illness?
What is a co-occurring disorder (or dual diagnosis/co-morbidity)
Feeling sad or empty, having limited interest or pleasure in activities, insomnia or too much sleep, and no energy most of the day nearly every day.
What is depression?
A non-chemical treatment for mental health disorders?
What is therapy.
These people are one of the most prominent Native American tribes in Georgia.
Who are the Cherokees
Compulsion, loss of control, and continued use despite serious problems are what?
What are characteristics of addiction.
Roughly what percentage out of all individuals experiencing co-occurring disorders, receive both substance use and mental health treatment?
Roughly 8-10 percent of individuals.
A mental health disorder where individuals experience both mania and depressive symptoms at varying intervals of time/experiences.
What is bi-polar disorder?
Name at least two benefits of possessing "good" mental health.
Ability to cope with stressors, ability to meet personal needs, increased social engagement, motivation to face new challenges, etc.
How many capitals has Georgia had since it was founded?
Double points for the name of each capital city!!
What is 5 capitals: Savannah 1777-1785; Augusta 1786-1789; Louisville 1789-1807; Milledgeville 1807-1867; and Atlanta 1868-present
An addiction involves ------
----------- despite serious problems.
What is continued use.
Name one of the two mental health disorders that place an individual at the highest risk of developing an addiction.
What are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia?
What mental health disorder does the following define:
difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior.
What is ADD/ADHD?
When we feel gratitude, what emotions are we unable to feel simultaneously?
What are Jealousy and Fear?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin while living in this Georgia city.
Savannah
An intervention at which stage of addiction has proven to have the most efficacy?
What is early stages?
What are the two most typical "paths" to experiencing both addiction and a mental health disorder?
2.)Substance use leading to the development of mental illness.
An emotional or psychological injury, usually caused by being exposed to an extremely stressful or overwhelming situation or experience.
What is trauma?
Mental Health influences what three human processes?
What is cognition, perception, and behavior?
What former president was born and raised in the great state of Georgia?
Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States
At what age do individuals typically begin experimenting with drugs/alcohol?
Between 12-14 years old.
Roughly how many American Citizens experienced co-occurring disorders in 2021? (Population 332 million)
Approximately 9-12 million Americans.
A strong irrational fear and avoidance of a particular object or situation.
What is a phobia?