Mental health continuum & factors that influence
Ethical issues around mental health research & distinction between stress, anxiety and a phobia
Contributing factors
Evidence-based interventions
Resilience & protective factors
Phobias
General Trivia
100
The biopsychosocial model explains mental health through the interaction of these three types of factors.
What is biological, psychological, social factors?
100
If a participant has a severe mental disorder, this may be needed for consent.
What is a legal guardian?
100
Family conflict, poor peer relationships, and lack of support are considered this type of risk factor.
What is social factor?
100
A psychological approach that combines behavioural and cognitive techniques to treat phobias.
What is CBT?
100
Breathing retraining and exercise are examples of this kind of coping strategy.
What is biological factors?
100
Fear of small, enclosed spaces.
What is claustrophobia?
100
This country has the most time zones, spanning 11 in total.
What is France?
200
Liam feels stressed about an exam but motivates himself to study and copes well. Where is he on the continuum?
What is mentally healthy?
200
This is the state of physiological arousal involving worry about something that may happen in the future.
What is anxiety?
200
A person’s genetic vulnerability to developing a disorder is called this.
What is a predisposing factor?
200
Benzodiazepines (agonists) relieve anxiety by acting on this inhibitory neurotransmitter.
What is GABA?
200
Getting enough sleep, regular exercise, and good nutrition are examples of this type of factor.
What is a biological protective factor?
200
arachnophobia
What is spiders?
200
The organ in humans that produces insulin.
What is pancreas?
300
Tom has persistent intrusive thoughts and compulsions that significantly interfere with daily life. Where is he?
What is mental health disorder?
300
Stress, anxiety, and phobia all involve this body system.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
300
A poor sleeping pattern is an example of this type of risk factor.
What is a biological perpetuating factor?
300
Programs such as Beyond Blue aim to reduce this barrier to seeking help.
What is stigma?
300
This refers to the ability to cope with adversity and bounce back after challenges.
What is resilience?
300
nyctophobia
What is darkness?
300
The planet with the fastest rotation in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
400
The biological process in which the body becomes more easily aroused due to stress hormones.
What is fight-flight-freeze?
400
Anxiety becomes problematic when it is ___.
What is persistant and intefers with daily functioning?
400
This type of bias means a person with a phobia tends to recall threatening information more than neutral.
What is memory bias?
400
A relaxation technique often used alongside gradual exposure to a phobic stimulus.
What is breathing retraining?
400
This spiritual and physical connection to the land is central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing.
What is connection to Country?
400
ophidiophobia
What is snakes?
400
Ancient Egyptians used this spice both as a preservative for mummies and as a flavoring in their food.
What is cinnamon?
500
Sarah is struggling to sleep and feels anxious for a few weeks, but her symptoms are temporary. Where is she?
What is mental health problem?
500
Unlike anxiety and phobia, stress is always a response to this kind of trigger.
What is a known stressor?
500
The tendency to exaggerate the potential harm of a phobic stimulus.
What is catastrophic thinking?
500
Overactivation of this brain structure is often associated with heightened fear responses.
What is the amygdala?
500
When kinship systems are disrupted (e.g., by removal of children), this type of trauma can occur.
What is intergenerational trauma?
500
globophobia
What is balloons?
500
CRISPR is a tool used for editing this type of molecule.
What is DNA?
600
Name the three states that occur on the mental health continuum
Mentally healthy, mental health problem and mental disorder
600
The ethical issue with using placebos in mental health research.
What is withholding effective treatment?
600
The use of positive reinforcement to encourage adaptive behaviours draws on this psychological theory.
What is operant conditioning?
600
Gradually exposing someone to their fear in a safe and controlled way.
What is systematic desensitisation?
600
The SEWB framework highlights the importance of connection to these six domains.
What are body, mind and emotions, family and kinship, community, culture, and Country?
600
ornithophobia
What is birds?
600
This is the only country in the world without a natural river.
What is Saudi Arabia?
700
Name the characteristics of a mentally healthy person
High level of functioning, high level of social wellbeing, high level of emotional wellbeing and a high level of resilience
700
What is bone?
700
According to the 4P factor model, these risk factors maintain the occurrence of a disorder and prevent recovery.
What is perpetuating factors?
700
In systematic desensitisation, a therapist and client first create this, listing least to most anxiety-provoking scenarios.
What is a fear hierarchy?
700
What is air mattress?
700
emetophobia
What is vomit?
700
This small European country lies entirely within the Alps and has no airport.
What is Liechtenstein?