Mental Health Review Sheets

Mental Health Review Sheets

  1. What types of things are organic disorders caused from?

_Tumors______Drug/Alcohol diseases__ Accidents/Falls__

_Chemical Imbalances__ _Environmental Factors__ __High Fevers__

  1. True or False: A person’s personality NEVER changes?
  1. In order for a person to be diagnosed as having depression they must have symptoms that are:

a. sometimes b. persistent c. once a year d. occasionally

  1. What is a factor that may not influence the development of depression?
  2. family history b. gender c. substance abuse d. religion
  1. The feeling that refers to the fear of not getting what someone else has is known as:
  2. envy b. jealousy c. anxiety d. phobia
  1. During the grieving process what term refers to a person refusing to believe the event happened?
  2. anger b. depression c. denial d. bargaining
  3. The highest level of well-being achieved through lifestyle and how you choose to live your life is__Wellness______.
  1. This is the stage of personality development where people often get married:

a. adolescence b. young adulthood c. middle adulthood d. late adulthood

  1. The physical development during adolescence is known as:
  2. intellect b. puberty c. maturity d. social growth
  1. What stage of personality development includes 3 key questions?
  2. adolescence b. young adulthood c. middle adulthood d. late adulthood
  1. What are the 4 types of love?

_Friendship_ _Romantic_ _Community_ _Family__

12. Where DON’T people get their values from?

  1. parents b. friends c. media d. instinct

13. Describe rationalization:

__ Justifying why you behave irrationally___

14.  Which is a modern method of treating mental disorders?

a. group therapy b. chemical therapy c. psychotherapy d. all of them

15.  People who suffer from anti-social disorders…

  1. have no respect for the rights of others
  2. feel bitter and cheated
  3. feel they deserve whatever they can get

d.  all of them

16.  True of False: Eustress is good stress with a positive outcome.

17. Graduating high school is an example of a...

a. stress b. coping mechanism c. defense mechanism d. stressor

18.  What is mental health?

_The ability to express emotions and deal with the demands of daily life.__

19.  What does the range of IQ 30 and below indicate?

  1. trainable b. educable c. severe mental retardation d. normal

20.  What stage of personality development does the mind and body start deteriorating?

  1. adolescence b. young adulthood c. middle adulthood d. late adulthood

21.  If a friend is thinking of committing suicide you should…

a.  take immediate action to help

  1. ignore it
  2. wait to see what happens
  3. call the police

22.  What are some characteristics of schizophrenia?

___Hearing Voices_____

___Seeing things that aren’t there______

___Poor Hygiene ____

___Break from reality ______

23.  True or False: Teen suicide is extremely rare.

24.  True or False: Ulcers are examples of a psychosomatic illness.

25.  Thinking that all members of a large group share the same characteristics in a fixed way is known as:

a. peers b. stereotypes c. jealousy d. delusional

26.  How you think, feel and behave is known as your:

  1. personality b. mind set c. conscious d. body type

27.  True or False: Alzheimer’s disease damages the memory part of the brain.

28.  True or False: There is a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

29.  Know the warning signs of suicidal intentions.

30.  True of False: You should always follow your “gut feeling” when you suspect suicidal intentions.

31.  Know the definitions of the following words:

a.  Phobic:__an exaggerated unrealistic fear _

b.  Anxiety:__fear of the unknown __

c.  Somatoform:__an illness where there are no “real” reason for their ailments

d.  Dissociative:_when a person dissociates from or has a break from waking consciousness _

e.  Love:_ a deep feeling of affection and devotion __

f.  Happiness:_ feeling content __

g.  Grief:_ feeling deep sorrow__

h.  Fear:__ feeling scared ___

i.  Anger:___ feeling displeasure__

j.  Emotions:_ thoughts and related responses to certain situations ___

k.  Psychosomatic:__ an illness caused by stress rather that a problem in the body __

l.  Peers:_ people of the same age range with similar interests____

m.  Distress:__ bad stress with a negative result __

n.  Defense Mechanisms:___ ways of coping with emotions __

o.  Mental Illness:___ any disease that affects the thoughts, emotions or personality of someone __

p.  Projection:__ putting negative feelings on someone else__

q.  Regression:__ using childlike ways to cope with emotions _

r.  Rationalization:_ justifying why you behave irrationally__

s.  Repression:_ blocking out unpleasant memories__

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