True/False
People with mental illness are violent and unpredictable.
FALSE.
The vast majority of people with mental health conditions are no more violent than anyone else. Instead, people with mental illness are much more likely to be the victims of crime.
mixture of hypermanic episodes and depressive episodes
Bipolar I disorder
True or False: Admitting something is wrong is giving up on yourself and a sign of weakness.
False.
Aboulomania is:
a.) crippling indecision
b.) thought that every person is really one person in disguise
c.) fear of heights
d.) fear of people
a.) crippling indecision
Approximately how many people in the United States are diagnosed with a mental disorder?
a.) 1 in 100 (1%)
b.) 1 in 2 (50%)
c.) 1 in 4 (25%)
d.) 1 in 10 (10%)
c.) 1 in 4 (25%)
Anxiety is an example of a mood disorder.
False.
Anxiety is it's own category of mental disorders that most commonly consist of GAD, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder and OCD.
Severe, ongoing anxiety that interferes with daily activities
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
What is the best way to treat most mental disorders?
a.) medication
b.) coping skill
c.) therapy
d.) all of the above
D.) All of the above
Taking your prescribed medications along with attending treatment (if suggested by doctor) and using positive coping strategies to manage symptoms is the most effective way to treat your mental illness.
A person believes they are actually an animal is:
a.) Aboulomania
b.) Loanomania
c.) Boanthropy
d.) Autophagia
c.) Boanthropy
Name 3 Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
-Depression
-mood swings; "highs and lows"
-hypermanic episodes
Binge Eating is the same as Bulimia.
False.
Binge-Eating Disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often very quickly and to the point of discomfort); a feeling of a loss of control during the binge; experiencing shame, distress or guilt afterwards; and not regularly using unhealthy compensatory measures (e.g., purging) to counter the binge eating. It is the most common eating disorder in the United States.
Bulimia is an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.
a serious mental illness that interferes with a person’s ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others
Schizophrenia
True or False: All medications work equally well for everyone.
False.
Some medications may work well for certain individuals and not work for others.
True or False: Alien Hand Syndrome is an actual disorder.
True.
occurs when an arm seems to have a mind of its own; it moves around, grabs hold of things, and responds to to the touch of another person—but it does this without the control of the person to whom it belongs.
Arachnophobia is the fear of:
a.) geese
b.) spiders
c.) open spaces
d.) people
b.) spiders
A phobia is an extreme fear that usually is so severe that it affects a person's way of life.
True.
A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Escitalopram (Lexapro, Cipralex), which is an SSRI, is commonly used to treat:
a.) depression
b.) borderline personality disorder
c.) schizophrenia
d.) bipolar
a.) depression
Synethsia is:
a.) the belief that one is an animal
b.) picking one's own skin off
c.) when a person experiences their senses differently
d.) hearing voices
c.) Some people experience color when they hear sounds or read words and may be able to answer a question like "What color is A?"
It is ok to stop taking your medication when:
a) You feel as if you're better
b) You don't think it's working
c) Your doctor or psychiatrist tells you to
d) Never. You have to take the same medication for the rest of your life.
c) Your doctor psychiatrist tells you to
People who have Paranoid Personality Disorder have a pervasive distrust in everyone.
True.
A pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others is:
A. Depression
B. Anger
C. Bipolar Disorder
D. Antisocial Personality Disorder
D. Antisocial Personality Disorder
Risperidone is commonly used for:
a.) depression
b.) Antisocial Personality
c.) PTSD
d.) Schizophrenia
d.) schizophrenia
What is Alice in Wonderland Disorder?
visual neurological disease where a patient sees an object much, much smaller than it really is in real life, as if they were looking at the world “through the wrong end of a telescope”
Borderline Personality Disorder is:
A. mental illness that severely impacts a person's ability to regulate their emotions
B. disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.
C. mental health disorder characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities
D. mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people.
A. mental illness that severely impacts a person's ability to regulate their emotions