Mental Health
Activities, hobbies or skills someone may use when experiencing stress, anxiety, overwhelming emotions and feelings
What is Coping Skills
Soft spoken, quiet, allows others to talk over themselves, poor eye contact, doesn't express own needs
Passive communication
Who is someone you see for yearly checkups that can also prescribe medication and help refer you to outside resources for both mental health and physical health
What is Primary Care Physician
takes time to build relationships, values both own and others beliefs, knows when and how to say no, accepts conflict as normal part of life, shares personal information when appropriate
Healthy Boundaries
places you can't go as a client as sojourn
Box Breathing, 4-7-6 breathing, 54321 senses, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, mindfulness activities
Grounding techniques
Yelling, uncompromising, "my way or the highway",
Aggressive Communication
Someone who prescribes medication only
What is a Psychiatrist or Medication Manager
overly trusting, lets everyone get close, overshares personal information, difficulty saying "no", gives in to others
Porous Boundaries
True or false: you can go into another client's room while at Sojourn
False
Baseline, trigger/escalation, Peak, De-escalation, recovery, return to baseline
What is a crisis
Finding a compromise, using I feel statements, communicating why you feel a certain way, looking for a solution, talking in calm and level manner, seeing both sides of a conversation/issue/topic
Healthy Communication
Someone who works with you one on one in various types of settings talking about emotions, family, life, and so on
What is a therapist
Keeps people at distance, untrusting of others, ignores and is detached from others problems, says "no" a lot, pushes people away
True or false: Staff are available to talk too for help and support 24/7
True
What is something that occurs (sound, smell, touch) or someone specifically that sets off your emotions and causes you to become escalated, anxious, sad or overwhelmed?
What is a Trigger
I feel, when, because, next time please
example (only if requested): I feel frustrated when you talk over or interrupt me because it makes me feel unheard and that my opinion doesn't matter
I feel statements
A number you can call to speak to a peer when you need support with your mental health
number is: 1-866-771-9276
What is a warm line
Communicates assertively, shares appropriate amount of personal information, not to touchy or to emotionally distant
What is Healthy Boundaries
What times are snack times throughout the day at Sojourn?
10, 3, 730
The Most common mental illness in the United States affecting 40 million adults, or 19.1 percent of the population (aged 18+) and 31.9 percent of the population of adolescents aged 13 and 18
Anxiety
Straight to the point, compromising, stating why you are upset/what's bothering you, not letting others talk over you, no yelling or anger
Assertive Communication
What is the number you call when in an emergency or crisis and need immediate support and help
What is 988 or 1-888-568-1112
Communicates passively, physically touching others without prior knowledge or consent, overly sharing personal information, getting really close really fast, not making time for yourself
What is porous boundaries
A brief period of time during the day while at Sojourn where clients are asked to spend time doing a task by themselves to encourage independence and clients to utilize their coping skills they have learned while at the unit
(Bonus 100 points if you can tell me what time specifically this is and until when)
Independent Time