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

Answer explanation

. Being healthy includes more than just the physical. Wellness is more than the absence of illness.

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

Answer explanation

Some people feel depressed or anxious, some have scrambled thoughts and have a hard time thinking clearly, and others act out or are afraid to act at all. There are different kinds of mental illnesses.

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

• mental health professional,

• psychiatrist

• psychologist

• all of the above

What causes mental illness?

• diet

• catching it from someone else

• being violent

• no one knows

Answer explanation

Researchers generally think mental illness results from a mix of what's going on in your body and what's happening around you. Some people may have a certain predisposition or tendency for a certain illness, yet also need to have certain things happening in their environment for the illness to develop).

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 they give what you are experiencing a name

• to be told you have a mental illness

• all of the above

Answer explanation

A mental health professional will be able to tell if someone has a mental illness based on the person's feelings, how often the person has them, and how they affect the person's life. If a mental health professional thinks a person has a mental illness, he or she will give wha

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

Answer explanation

Seeking help is to be encouraged. Some young people may worry about how they think, feel or behave and wonder if they could have a mental illness. Sharing how they feel with a trusted adult or to seeking help from a mental health professional is a good way to alleviate or lessen anxiety

If a person with a mental illness or mental health challenge experiences "stigma", what does that mean?

• a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something

• a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

• 
  preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

• none of the above

Answer explanation

Stigma means labeling someone in a negative way because they may be different than you.

People with a mental illness will always be ill.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

With help and support from family, friends and mental health professionals, people with a mental illness can recover and lead productive, fulfilling lives)