Mental Health Quiz

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

Having a mental illness can affect the way that a person

• behaves

• thinks

• feels

• all of the above

Mental illness can occur only after a person has reached adulthood.

• True

• False

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

What causes 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 wellness

• 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 he or she gives what you are experiencing a name.

• To be told you have a mental illness.

• All of the above.

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.

If a person with a mental illness or mental health challenge experiences stigma, what does that mean? Define or use an example.

People with a mental illness will always be ill.

• True

• False