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What is the MOST common mental health disorder in the world? 

Anxiety Disorder

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Arachnophobia 

 An intense and irrational fear of spiders or arachnids.

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Known for its "Twelve Steps" and “Twelve Traditions” guidelines for keeping clean, Bill Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith founded what alliterative support group in 1935, which launched one of its first meetings in Akron, Ohio?

 Alcoholics Anonymous

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True or False: 2 people with the same diagnosis will have the same symptoms? 

FALSE

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Who was the first person to suggest that dreams are a reflection of our unconscious desires? 

Sigmund Freud 

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What disorder is characterized by inability to visualize or lack the ability of mental image?

Aphantasia

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Acrophobia 

Intense fear of heights.

200

What country has the highest rate of depression documented? 

China

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What was the first University in America to offer a degree in Psychology? 

Harvard University 

(American Psychologist William James was the first educator in America to offer the course in 1870's)

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What late 19th and early 20th century Russian psychologist famously proved that responses could be conditioned by association, such as a dog drooling at the sound of the bell that rang before it was fed?

Ivan Pavlov

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Which mental health disorder is most commonly associated with genius level IQ?

Bipolar Disorder

300

Herpetophobia 

An intense, irrational, and persistent fear of reptiles, amphibians, or similar vertebrates

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What country spends the most money on mental health services per capita? 

Norway

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What was the first mental illness to be recognized by the American Psychiatric Association? 

Melancholia (Depression)

(First dx in the 4th century BC by Greek physician, Hippocrates (the father of medicine))

300

Which psychologist studied ancient alchemy to learn more about symbolism for his work with dreams and the unconscious? 

Carl Jung 

400

What is Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) or (BID)

 A rare mental health condition that causes people to feel that a healthy body part or limb is not part of their body. 

People with BIID may feel dissatisfied with being able-bodied and want to become disabled in some way. Symptoms include: Wanting an amputation, wanting paralysis, wanting blindness, pretending to be an amputee, and Sexual arousal.

400

Eisoptrophobia 

 An intense and persistent fear of mirrors,

400

What country has the most psychologist per capita? 

Argentina

(198 psychologist per 100,000 people 

46 located in Buenos Aires) High demand due to importance of mental health in culture. 

400

What fascinating fact is associated with the health condition synesthesia?

"Taste words or see sounds"

400

Which psychologist conducted the infamous "Little Albert" experiment? 

John Watson

500

What is the RAREST mental health disorder?

Florence Stendhal Syndrome

(The Art Induced Syndrome)

500

Taphophobia 

The fear of being buried alive. 

500

There are roughly 8 billion people in the world, how many of them have a mental health diagnosis? 

About 1 billion, this does not include those not documented or reported. 
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What is a fascinating fact about the condition hyperthymesia? 

The ability to remember or recall every life experience.  (Since 2021, only 62 people in the world have been dx with this condition)

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Who is the psychologist who developed the "Gestalts Therapy" technique, known for the empty chair technique? 

Fritz Perl 

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