Mental Illness Pre-test
28 Questions
| Attempts: 225
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
A phobia is an intense fear about something that might be harmful (such as heights, snakes, etc.)
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 2.
Useful interventions for adolescent mental disorders include BOTH psychological and pharmacological treatment.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 3.
Mental distress can occur in someone who has a mental disorder.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Substance abuse is commonly paired with a mental disorder.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 5.
The most common mental disorders in teenage girls are eating disorders.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 6.
The stresses of being a teenager are a major factor leading to adolescent suicide.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 7.
Three of the strongest risk factors for teen suicide are: romantic breakup, conflict with parents, and school failure.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 8.
Schizophrenia is a split personality
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 9.
A depressed mood that includes a drop in school grades and lasts for a month or longer in a teenager is very common and should not be confused with a clinical Depression that may require professional help
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 10.
A Generalized Anxiety Disorder usually arises from being burned out by stressful events.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 11.
Diet, exercise and establishing a regular sleep cycle are all effective treatments for many mental disorders in teenagers.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 12.
Anorexia nervosa is very common in teenage girls
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 13.
Bipolar Disorder is another name for manic depressive illness
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 14.
The panic attacks that occur as part of Panic Disorder usually come “out of the blue”.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 15.
Obsessions are thoughts that are unwanted and known to be incorrect.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 16.
Serotonin is a liver chemical that helps control appetite.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 17.
Youth who have Social Anxiety Disorder do not get well with treatment.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 18.
Depression affects about 2 percent of people in North America.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 19.
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in treating people who have a mental illness
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 20.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is equally common in boys and girls.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 21.
A hallucination is defined as a sound that comes from nowhere
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 22.
Panic Disorder is a type of Anxiety Disorder
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 23.
Medications called “anti-psychotics” are helpful in treating some of the symptoms of Schizophrenia
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 24.
A delusion is defined as seeing something that is not real.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 25.
Lack of pleasure, hopelessness and fatigue can all be symptoms of a clinical Depression.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 26.
Nobody with Schizophrenia ever recovers to the point where they can live a positive life.
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 27.
People with Mania may experience strange feelings of grandiosity
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 28.
Mental disorders are psychological problems that are often caused by poor nutrition
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True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
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