Introduction of mental health and crisis

Question 1

What is mental health?

Answer 1

a state of mental wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well and contribute to their community.

Question 2

What is mental health disorder?

Answer 2

characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition emotional regulation or behaviour.

Question 3

Examples of talking therapies

Answer 3

CBT, DBT, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, interpersonal therapy, guided self-help, trauma focused CBT.

Question 4

Some common medications are?

Answer 4

antipsychotics, sleep aids, beta-blockers and lithium, sodium and valproate.

Question 5

What are some self-medications?

Answer 5

herbal remedies, recreational drugs, alcohol and psilocybin.

Question 6

What is the grounding technique?

Answer 6

a technique that aims to return you back from negative, challenging emotions to the present.

Question 7

What are the 5P’S OF MH history take?

Answer 7

presenting, precipitating, predisposing, perpetuating, protective.

Question 8

What are some help phone lines?

Answer 8

samaritans, shout, sightline and SANE line.