What is 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

What causes mental illness?

• Being violent

• Diet

• No one knows

• Catching it from someone else

Another way to talk about mental illness is to say

• Mental health challenge

• Mental wellness

• Mental malfunction

• Disordered mentality

What does the term "diagnosis" mean?

• To have a feeling that you know what is wrong

• To meet with a mental health professional and he or she gives what you are experiencing a name

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

• 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 professional

People with a mental illness will always be ill?

• True

• False