Mental Health/Stress Quiz

This in the body helps messages from your brain jump the gap between your nerve cells to travel to where they need to go.

• Serotonin

• Neurotransmitters

• Brain cells

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

• Mental Health

• Anxiety

• Mental Illness

• Health

is defined as “collectively all diagnosable mental disorders” or “health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning.”

• Mental Health

• Mental Illness

• Phobias

• Health

As a neurotransmitter, ____________ helps to relay messages from one area of the brain to another. Because of the widespread distribution of its cells, it is believed to influence a variety of psychological and other body functions.

• Neurotransmitter

• Serotonin

• Dopamine

is perhaps the most common form of dementia, although several others exist. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease of the brain. In the early stages, people experience some memory loss which progresses to marked memory loss, then to a decrease in thinking ability such as decision making. Later the disease leads to the loss in the ability to perform activities of daily living or recognize loved ones.

• PTSD

• Phobias

• Alzheimer's Disease

People with _______ are plagued by constant thoughts or fears that cause them to perform certain rituals or routines. The disturbing thoughts are called obsessions, and the rituals are called compulsions.

• OCD

• Schizophrenia

• A.D.H.D.

is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder of children. Children with _______ may be hyperactive and unable control their impulses or they may have trouble paying attention. These behaviors interfere with school and home life. It’s more common in boys than in girls.

• A.D.H.D.

• Alzheimer's Disease

• P.T.S.D.

• Autism

A person with ______________, experiences physical symptoms of an illness or of pain, even though a doctor can find no medical cause for the symptoms

• Hypochondria or conversion disorder

• Anxiety disorder

• P.T.S.D.

people with a _____________ respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread, as well as with physical signs of anxiety or panic, such as a rapid heartbeat and sweating.

• Phobia

• Anxiety

• Panic

• Hypochondria

People with __________ disorders have extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the person and/or cause problems in work, school, or social relationships. In addition, the person's patterns of thinking and behavior significantly differ from the expectations of society and are so rigid that they interfere with the person's normal functioning

• Anxiety

• Phobia

• Personality