Stress
True or False: Stress is always bad.
False - In small doses, stress sharpens your focus and prepares you to tackle deadlines or difficult situations. It acts as a built-in survival mechanism.
Writing down your concerns and emotions to make them feel more manageable and less intimidating is what stress management technique?
Journaling
A clinically significant disturbance in a person's thinking, emotional regulation, or behavior that causes significant distress or impairment
What is mental illness?
Signs and symptoms of this mental illness include: delusions, auditory or visual hallucinations, and disorganized thoughts.
What is schizophrenia?
A person with this diagnosis has an extreme, irrational fear of an object or situation.
What is a phobia?
Stress that negatively affects you.
What is distress?
Relaxation technique led by a teacher, video, or recording.
What is a guided meditation?
Who is more likely to be the victim of a crime, a person with severe mental illness or a member of the general population?
Only 3%–5% of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of a violent crime than the general population
A disorder in which an extreme fear of weight gain results in severe weight loss from starvation.
What is anorexia nervosa?
A psychological or physical dependence on a substance, habit, or behavior.
What is addiction?
Who is more prone to the physical effects of stress, men or women?
Women
Taking a few minutes daily to sit quietly and focus your attention solely on your breath, shifting your body from tension to calm. What stress management technique is this?
Meditation
What are some factors that contribute to the development of mental illness? Name at least 3.
- family history of MI
- trauma
- imbalances in neurotransmitters
- TBIs or chronic illness
- social factors - homelessness, lack of basic needs, and poverty
- substance use
A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness, and inability to feel pleasure.
What is depression
Intense, excessive, and persistent worry or fear about everyday situations.
What is anxiety?
If we have a lot of stress and don't manage it, it can lead to ... (think in terms of mental illness)
Anxiety and depression
A relaxation practice that enables more air to flow into your body using long, slow inhales and exhales.
A person with this diagnosis feels an uncontrollable need to perform repetitive acts.
What is OCD
A combination of problems such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity, or impulsive behavior.
What is attention hyperactivity deficit disorder (ADHD)?
A disorder characterized by consuming large amounts of food followed by purging, typically by vomiting or taking a laxative.
Stress can have long-lasting physical effects in the following areas (mention at least two):
- Cardiovascular system - high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Elevated chance of heart attack and strokes.
- Immune system - Makes it more likely that you'll experience infections, colds, and inflammation
- Gastrointestinal system - acid reflux, bloating, and nausea. Elevated chance of developing IBS
-Endocrine system - weight loss, weight gain, hormone imbalances, and sleep disturbances
Tensing and then completely releasing each muscle group, starting from your toes and working up to your head. What is this stress management technique called?
Progressive muscle relaxation or a body scan meditation
A severe, long-lasting form of depression that occurs after childbirth
Postpartum depression
A chronic mental health condition characterized by a combination of schizophrenia symptoms (such as hallucinations or delusions) and mood disorder symptoms (such as mania or depression)
Schizoaffective Disorder (2 types: Bipolar and Depressive)
A mental health condition triggered by witnessing or experiencing a terrifying or life-threatening event.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?