Year 8 Pre Test: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental Health can be defined as:

• disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.

• a state of well-being when all internal and external body parts, organs, tissues, and cells can function properly as they are supposed to function.

• a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

• The path to inner peace regardless of the turmoil around you. It can also consist of more broad concepts, such as hope, purpose, and peace.

One in _______ children between the ages of 13-18 live with a mental health condition.

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 100

Mental Health is characterized by what 4 things?

• Mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health

• Feelings, emotions, thinking and moods

• Depression, anxiety, bipolar and schizophrenia

• Age, gender, genetics and family history

The following are all types of mental illness:

Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia and Eating Disorders.

• True

• False

Women are twice as likely to be affected by Anxiety disorders as men.

• True

• False

The ratio for women to men experiencing depression is 2:1.

• True

• False

Depression can be defined as:

• Delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thoughts, speech and behaviour.

• Extreme mood swings which can include excitement episodes or extreme depressive feelings.

• An emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth.

• A prolonged sense of lethargy, sadness and feelings of hopelessness.

Anxiety can be defined as:

• Delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thoughts, speech and behaviour.

• Extreme mood swings which can include excitement episodes or extreme depressive feelings.

• An emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth.

• A prolonged sense of lethargy, sadness and feelings of hopelessness

Bipolar disorder can be defined as:

• Delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thoughts, speech and behaviour.

• Extreme mood swings which can include excitement episodes or extreme depressive feelings.

• An emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth.

• A prolonged sense of lethargy, sadness and feelings of hopelessness

Schizophrenia can be defined as:

• Delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thoughts, speech and behaviour. A prolonged sense of lethargy, sadness and feelings of hopelessness

• Extreme mood swings which can include excitement episodes or extreme depressive feelings.

• An emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth.

• A prolonged sense of lethargy, sadness and feelings of hopelessness