Mental Health Quiz

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

• counselor

• therapist

• psychiatrist

• psychologist

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

Answer explanation

Stigma refers to the negative attitudes and beliefs surrounding mental illness or mental health challenges.

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

• True

• False

People with a mental illness will always be ill.

• True

• False

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

Having a mental illness can affect the way that a person.

• behaves

• thinks

• feels

• all of the above

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

What causes mental illness?

• diet

• catching it from someone else

• being violent

• no one knows

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

Another way to talk about mental illness is to say...

• mental health challenge

• mental wellness

• mental malfunction

• disordered mentality