COMMON MENTAL DISORDER

1. True or False: Only professional physicians may determine the illness being experienced by an individual.

• True

• False

2. True or False: Schizophrenia is a mental illness with biological origins that is characterized by irrational behavior, severe alterations of the senses and often inability to function in the society

• True

• False

3. True or False: Obsessive compulsive disorder is a chronic or continuing and non- adaptive behavior of dealing with other people and life changes.

• True

• False

4. True or False: This is a condition impacting mood and related functions called Mood Disorders

• True

• False

5. True or False: Mental Disorder is an emotional disturbance, which affects the way an individual thinks, feels, and behaves making it difficult to live a normal life. It may be organic or functional.

• True

• False

6. True or False: Isolating self from families and friends is one signs and symptoms of mental illness.

• True

• False

7. True or False: Organic mental disorder can be due to environmental conditions or poor coping skills.

• True

• False

8. True or False: One of the Preventive Measures Against Mental Disorders is to Foster closer family relationship

• True

• False

9. True or False: Signs of Mental Disorders are extreme

fear, worry, or anxiety

• True

• False

10. True or False: In terms of treatment and cure, a professional teacher may decide on whether to give the patient medication or subject him or her to routine therapy sessions.

• True

• False