Fact or Myth?
Name That Professional
Celebrities
Symptoms
Miscellaneous
100
People with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, are usually dangerous and violent.
What is MYTH? The truth is that the incidence of violence in people who have a brain disorder is not much higher than it is in the general population. Those suffering from schizophrenia are more often frightened, confused and despairing than violent.
100
This famous Psychologist was an Austrian-born neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
Mary Kate Olsen suffers from this.
What is an eating disorder?
100
This disorder responds to situations with fear & dread.
What is anxiety?
100
These are more common than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.
What are mental illnesses?
200
All cases involving mental health symptoms include patients that have a previous history of this behavior.
What is MYTH? Some patients are experiencing these symptoms for the first time and are themselves unaware of what the cause is.
200
This type of doctors' primary concern is with the academic, social, and emotional well-being of children within a scholastic environment. Unlike clinical psychologists, they receive much more training in education, child development and behavior, and the psychology of learning.
What is a School Psychologist?
200
Philip Seymour Hoffman suffered from this.
What is drug addiction?
200
These disorders manifest with feelings of sadness (depression) or periods of feeling overly happy (Mania)
What are mood disorders?
200
Health, home, purpose, and community are essential parts of this.
What is recovery?
300
Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally.
What is FACT? An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year
300
A medical doctor who is able to prescribe medication, and specializes in treating mental and emotional disorders.
What is a psychiatrist?
300
Justin Timberlake suffers from
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
300
Disorders where behavior is outside the norm of what is expected by society.
What are personality disorders?
300
This includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.
What is mental health?
400
Mental illness usually manifests during late teens to mid/late 20s.
What is FACT?
400
A person with a Master's or Ph.D. in counseling and training in various types of therapy.
What is a psychologist?
400
Halle Berry suffers from this.
What is depression?
400
Drug and alcohol abuse is considered to be a part of this.
What is addiction?
400
This is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.
What is suicide?
500
People in the age group of 20-24 are most likely to pass away from suicide.
What is MYTH? The highest age group is age 65 and older.
500
This person works in the area of mental health and may assess, treat, develop treatment plans, provide case management and/or rights advocacy to individuals with mental health problems.
What is a Social Worker?
500
This First Lady suffered from schizophrenia
Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?
500
This disorder encompasses anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.
What are eating disorders?
500
This percentage of children don't receive the adequate treatment for their diagnosable mental health problems.
What is 20%?
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