Depression and Other Mental Illnesses

Depression and other Mental Illnesses Awareness

Poll

How confident do you feel about your knowledge of Depression?

• Very confident

• Confident

• Somewhat confident

• Not confident

Multiple Choice

What is the most common mental illness?

• Anxiety

• Depression

• PTSD

• Bipolar Disorder

Multiple Choice

Someone that has been feeling sad, hopeless, or discouraged for 2 or more weeks might be _____.

• depressed

• hungry

• tired

• anxious

Multiple Choice

Anyone can become depressed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Depression can be linked to problems with any of these: genes, brain chemistry, seasons and daylight, life events, family and social environment, health conditions and hormonal changes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

People with depression may not realize that they are depressed. 

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

The following is one of the symptoms of depression?

• Fatigue/loss of energy

• A lot of energy

• Happiness

• Interested in many things

Multiple Choice

Clinical Depression is only diagnosed if you have certain symptoms for over ______ weeks

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

Recovery is possible.

• Myth

• Fact

Multiple Choice

Anxiety is a (n) abnormal reaction to many short-term stresses.

• False it is normal

• True

• False it is stigma

• False it is anxiety

Multiple Choice

What is major depression?

• disease marked by mood swings from extreme "highs" to extreme "lows"

• anxiety disorder characterized by sudden unexplained feelings of terror

• serious condition in which feelings of helplessness and sadness last for weeks or months

• condition in which real or imagined fears are hard to control

• a mark of disapproval that results in ones being rejected by others

Multiple Choice

What is a panic disorder?

• disease marked by mood swings from extreme "highs" to extreme "lows"

• anxiety disorder characterized by sudden unexplained feelings of terror

• serious condition in which feelings of helplessness and sadness last for weeks or months

• condition in which real or imagined fears are hard to control

• a mark of disapproval that results in ones being rejected by others

Multiple Choice

What is bipolar disorder?

• disease marked by mood swings from extreme "highs" to extreme "lows"

• anxiety disorder characterized by sudden unexplained feelings of terror

• serious condition in which feelings of helplessness and sadness last for weeks or months

• condition in which real or imagined fears are hard to control

• a mark of disapproval that results in ones being rejected by others

Multiple Choice

What is an anxiety disorder?

• disease marked by mood swings from extreme "highs" to extreme "lows"

• anxiety disorder characterized by sudden unexplained feelings of terror

• serious condition in which feelings of helplessness and sadness last for weeks or months

• condition in which real or imagined fears are hard to control

• a mark of disapproval that results in ones being rejected by others

Multiple Choice

Treatment for depression may include ...

• medication

• environmental changes

• psychotherapy

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders are associated with ....

• depression

• anxiety

• schizophrenia

• personality disorder

Multiple Choice

Mental disorders often go untreated because ...

• many people with mental disorders fail to seek treatment

• there are no effective treatments for mental disorders

• mental disorders are not real illnesses

• mental disorders are rarely serious

Poll

I know where to get help if I need it.

• Agree

• Disagree

BREAKING THE STIGMA

• 80% of teens going unrecognized and untreated due to lack of appropriate education and cultural stigma

  • What’s a stigma?

    • Stain or reproach on one’s reputation

  • Characteristic of a defect or disease

  • Can overcome with EDUCATION

Poll

How confident do you feel about your knowledge of Depression?

• Very confident

• Confident

• Somewhat confident

• Not confident

Multiple Choice

What is stigma?

• disease marked by mood swings from extreme "highs" to extreme "lows"

• anxiety disorder characterized by sudden unexplained feelings of terror

• serious condition in which feelings of helplessness and sadness last for weeks or months

• condition in which real or imagined fears are hard to control

• a mark of disapproval that results in ones being rejected by others

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a way to fight stigma?

• Watch your language

• Talk about mental illness openly and honestly

• Uplift the stories of people's lives with mental illness

• Push back against unfair media portrayals

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

You can tell who has a mental illness by their physical appearance.

• Myth

• Fact

Multiple Choice

People with mental illness are unstable and violent.

• Myth

• Fact

Multiple Choice

Your physical, emotional, and mental health are all related and make up your overall health.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Mental illnesses affect the way a person...

• Behaves

• Thinks

• Feels