Mental Health Crises
Essential Vocabulary
| 1. academic demands | академические требования |
| 2. assistance | помощь |
| 3. behavior | поведение |
| 4. challenge | бросать вызов |
| 5. concern | беспокойство, беспокоиться |
| 6. cope with | справляться с чем-либо |
| 7. coping skills | выдержка; |
| 8. disruption | разрушение |
| 9. disruptive | подрывной |
| 10. distress | бедствие |
| 11. emotional distress | эмоциональный кризис |
| 12. empathy | сочувствие |
| 13. environment | окружающая среда |
| 14. experience | испытать; пережить, опыт, впечатления; |
| 15. experiences | опыт; опыт работы; стаж; приключение; переживание; жизненный опыт; |
| 16. finances | финансы |
| 17. garbled | искаженный |
| 18. homicidal | смертоносный |
| 19. inability | неспособность |
| 20. incoherent | несвязный |
| 21. lead to | привести к |
| 22. maintain | поддержать |
| 23. mental health crisis | кризис психического здоровья |
| 24. overall | полный; общий; от начала до конца; всеобщий; всеобъемлющий; |
| 25. perceive | чувствовать |
| 26. provide | обеспечить |
| 27. reality | действительность |
| 28. request | просить; предлагать (вежливо приказывать); запрашивать; просить позволения |
| 29. restrain | ограничить |
| 30. sign | знак; признак |
| 31. slurred | произнесенный нечленораздельно |
| 32. social relations | социальные отношения; общественные отношения |
| 33. straightforward | прямо, открыто, ясно |
| 34. suicidal | самоубийственный, гибельный, убийственный |
| 35. supportive | поддерживающий, располагающий, благосклонный |
| 36. threaten | угрожать |
| 37. violence | насилие |
Exercises
I. Vocabulary
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.
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
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
Match the words from a – b with the words from 1-6. Translate the word combinations.
a) academic, b) coping, c) emotional, d) mental, e) social, f) to cope;
1) distress, 2) demands, 3) health crises, 4) skills, 5) with, 6) relations
Name the definition.
1. concerning the mind;
2. physical, mental wellness;
3. critical situation;
4. extreme force, intensity;
5. pain, agony;
6. demonstrative about feelings;
Try to find as many words as possible n the wordsearch.
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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;
II. Before you read
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?
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.
III. Reading Tasks
Read the text.
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.
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….
IV. After you read
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?
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