Stress & Mental Health

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to understand stress and mental illness in our daily lives?

• Because it helps us manage our emotions and physical health

• Because it makes us smarter

• Because everyone experiences stress the same way

• Because mental illness is not common

Open Ended

Describe how stress can affect a person both emotionally and physically.

Multiple Choice

Where do these feelings caused by stress come from?

• From the body's natural reaction to stressors

• From lack of sleep

• From eating unhealthy food

• From exercising too much

Multiple Select

Which of the following are strategies that can help reduce stress?

• Eat healthy and get needed sleep

• Exercise

• Think positively

• Ignore your problems

Multiple Choice

What is mental health?

• How we feel, think, and behave

• Only about physical health

• Just about emotions

• Only about the brain's structure

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes mental illness?

• A condition where the brain is not working well and negatively affects thoughts, emotions, behaviors, or feelings for a prolonged period of time.

• A temporary feeling of sadness or stress.

• A physical injury to the brain.

• A condition that only affects emotions for a short period.

Open Ended

Explain the two main factors that researchers believe play a key role in causing mental illness.

Open Ended

What are some challenges mental health professionals face when diagnosing mental illness?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are common warning signs or symptoms of mental illness?

• Confused thinking

• Prolonged depression

• Social withdrawal

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason why many people do not seek treatment for mental illness?

• They are afraid of the stigma attached to mental illness.

• They are in denial about having a problem.

• They do not know where to start or who to turn to.

• They believe mental illness is always untreatable.