Intro to Mental Health

Being Healthy includes....

• Having a body that feels good and works well

• Having a healthy mind and body

• Not being sick

• All of the above

Mental illness can occur only after a person has reached adulthood

• True

• False

Having a mental illness can affect the way that a person...

• behaves

• thinks

• feels

• all of the above

If a person who is physically sick goes to see a medical doctor, a person who has a mental health problem sees a ________________?

• counselor

• social worker

• medical doctor

• therapist

• all of the above

What is the cause of mental illness

• Diet

• Catching it from someone else

• being violent

• no one knows

Another way to talk about mental illness is to say.....

• mental health challenge

• mental malfunction

• disordered mentality

What does the term "diagnosis" mean?

• to have a feeling that you know what is wrong

• to meet with your medical doctor who gives you a prescription for medication

• to meet with a mental health professional and they give what you are experiencing a name

• to be told you have a mental illness

What is the least effective way of dealing with a mental health challenge or mental illness?

• Keeping feelings bottled up inside

• telling a trusted adult how you feel

• staying at a hospital for a brief period of time

• meeting with a mental health profession

If a person with mental illness or mental health challenge experiences "stigma," what does that mean?

• Labeling someone in a negative way

• Saying bad things about a person

• Believing things about a person that aren't true and then making fun of the person

• Making someone feel different or picking on someone because they aren't like you

• All of the above

People with mental illness will always be ill

• true

• false