Mental Health Crises

Anyone can experience stress associated with academic demands, family problems, social relations, work, finances and cultural experiences. The inability to cope with emotional distress can lead to disruptions in overall functioning.

Sometimes a person's usual coping skills are overwhelmed. The signs can include:

• Highly disruptive or aggressive behavior.

• Overt suicidal threats (written or verbal).

• Homicidal threats (written, verbal or a history of violence).

• Inability to communicate (incoherent, garbled or slurred).

• Loss of contact with reality.

If you have concerns that someone is experiencing such a crisis, call 911 to request assistance.

While waiting for aid to arrive (if you perceive no threat to yourself or others), you should:

• Provide a safe, secure, quiet environment.

• Invite the person to stay until help arrives.

• Listen actively and show empathy.

• Maintain a straightforward, supportive attitude.

• Don't leave the person alone unless you feel threatened.

• Don't try to restrain the person if he or she wants to leave.

• Don 't challenge or shock the person.

• Don't minimize the person's distress.

Exercises

1. Vocabulary

1. Translate from English into Russian.

A history of violence; anyone can experience stress; call 911 to request assistance; challenge or shock the person; contact with reality; coping skills are overwhelmed; feel threatened; highly disruptive behavior; homicidal threats; incoherent, garbled or slurred Inability to communicate; lead to disruptions in overall functioning; maintain a straightforward, supportive attitude; Mental Health Crises; overt suicidal threats; provide environment; show empathy; stress associated with academic demands; stress associated with cultural experiences; stress associated with finances; stress associated with social relations; the inability to cope with emotional distress; the signs can include; to have concerns that; to perceive no threat; to restrain the person.

2. Write words that have a similar meaning to the given below.

1. be aware of

2. lethal

3. aid

4. affront; defy

5. background

6. break, interruption

7. affinity, appreciation

8. appeal, application

9. actions

10. to carry on

3. Write words that have an opposite meaning to the given below.

1. unfriendly, disagreeable

2. passivity, peace, peacefulness

3. deprive, remove, take

4. ignore, neglect

5. capacity, competence, skill, talent

6. alleviate, help, protect, relieve

7. comfort, happiness, health, pleasure

8. fantasy

9. free, liberate, release

10. incomplete, uncomprehensive

4. Match the words from the column one with the words from the column two. Translate the word combinations.

1. academic

2. coping

3. emotional

4. mental

5. social

6. to cope

1. distress

2. demands

3. health crises

4. skills

5. with

6. relations

5. Дайте определение понятию:

1. concerning the mind;

2. physical, mental wellness;

3. critical situation;

4. extreme force, intensity;

5. pain, agony;

6. demonstrative about feelings;

6. Try to find as many words as possible n the wordsearch.

   R	E	S	T	R	A	I	N	L	H	Q	C
   Y	B	E	H	A	V	I	O	R	G	Z	H
   T	N	E	M	N	O	R	I	V	N	E	A
   I	C	U	S	S	E	R	T	S	I	D	L
   L	A	A	Y	H	T	A	P	M	E	A	L
   I	L	A	D	I	C	I	U	S	K	M	E
   B	I	N	C	O	H	E	R	E	N	T	N
   A	M	E	N	T	A	L	S	G	C	H	G
   N	W	L	A	D	I	C	I	M	O	H	E
   I	F	Y	N	U	T	O	D	N	X	P	V

7. Make up sentences with the words and word-combinations given below:

Academic demands, lead to, experience, homicidal, mental health crises, social relations, suicidal, reality, violence;

2. Text

1. Answer the questions:

Think, what is this text about?

How to avoid mental health crises?

What to do in a case of mental health crises?

2. What cases of mental health crises can you name?

Let’s watch an educational film older people mental health crises. You will watch the movie and discuss the work of the community.

Video “Older Adult Community Mental Health Team”

3. Read the text.

4. Complete the sentences.

1. Anyone can experience stress associated with …

2. …. can lead to disruptions in overall functioning.

3. If you have concerns that someone is experiencing such a crisis….

5. Answer the questions

What signs of overwhelming person's usual coping skills can you name?

What should you do while waiting for aid to arrive?

6. Translate from Russian into English

Кризисы Психического здоровья

Любой может испытать напряжение, связанное с академическими требованиями, семейными проблемами, общественными отношениями, работой, финансами и личными переживаниями. Неспособность справиться с эмоциональным бедствием может привести к беде.

Признаки кризиса психического здоровья могут включать: агрессивное поведение, угрозы суицида (письменные или словесные), угрозы убийства (письменные, словесные), неспособность общаться, потеря контакта с действительностью.

Если вы думаете, что кто-то находится в таком положении, позвоните 911.

Ожидая помощи (если Вы не чувствуете угрозы непосредственно вам или другим), Вы должны: обеспечить безопасность, попросить человека, испытывающего кризис, дождаться помощи, слушать его / ее внимательно и сочувствовать, поддерживать прямое, благосклонное отношение. Не оставляйте человека в одиночестве. Если Вы не чувствуете, что находитесь под угрозой, не надо противостоять человеку, если он или она хочет уехать. Не дразните или не шокируйте его / ее и не умалять проблему данного человека.