Substance/Drug Abuse
1 in 10 individuals who begin using marijuana as a teenager become addicted.
True or False.
False; 1 in 6 individuals who begin using marijuana as a teenager become addicted
True or False. Biology, Psychology, and the environment don't play a role in mental health.
False
Smoking,Pollution,Exposure to toxins during your childhood.
What is physical environmental factor?
Males are three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD
True
True or False. People with poor mental health are violent and unpredictable.
False. People with poor mental health are typically victims of violence rather than perpetrators.
This percent of those who struggle with addiction start before the age of 18.
90%
Mental illnesses sometimes run in the family and may make someone more likely to develop one themselves.
Toxic relationship, Early loss of a parent, History of abuse
What is a emotional environmental factor ?
This disorder is a chronic and lifelong illness and influences a person's mood swings
What is Bipolar Disorder ?
The community most at risk for poor mental health
What is the LGBTQ community?
Significant # of youth started at age 20 and younger.
True or False.
False ; Age 8 or younger
True or False; Long term substance abuse has been linked to depression, anxiety, and paranoia.
Poverty, Argument with friends, Loss of job
What is a social environment?
Takes 2 weeks of symptoms to diagnose
What is Depression ?
True or False. The season can affect your mental health state.
What is true? (Seasonal Depression)
In 2007, the majority of teens age 17 or younger entering drug abuse treatment programs, said this drug was the drug they used most often.
Marijuana
Death, Divorce, Dysfunctional family life, social or cultural expectations
Common factors that can contribute to someones mental health
Eviction or loss of job
What is Income problems?
OCD
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ?
The genre of music that, until recent years, has shunned poor mental health
What is rap music?
In a recent study, this percent of 10th grade students and another percent of high school seniors reported using cocaine in the past year.
(this response should be two answers, two percentages)
3.4% or 3% , 5.2% Or 5%
Exposure to toxic things can affect mental health. Give an example
Lead, heavy metals, pesticides, plasticizers, endocrine disrupting, neurotoxic compounds
robbery,neighbors,violence,
What is neighborhood conditions?
Depression is the abnormal levels of these neurotransmitters
what is Serotonin/Norepinephrine/Dopamine ?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about six million people over the age of { } have used cocaine at least once in the past year.
What is twelve?