What is a major cause of Depression?
A chemical imbalance in the brain
Quitting your job
Getting married
What is Chemical imbalance
100
What is an example of a "positive" symptom of Schizophrenia?
hallucinations
feeling happy
being stable
What is hallucinations
100
Early doctors and researchers often blamed symptoms of ADHD on what?
poor parenting
brain injury
genetics
What is brain injury
100
How many people in the US will experience some kind of mental illness in the course of a year?
1 in 5
1 in 4
1 in 10
What is i in 5
100
What age group do anxiety disorders most commonly affect?
What is adolescents
200
What age group sufffers most often from depression?
elderly
young women
young men
immigrants
What is young women
200
What is a "negative" symptom of Schizophrenia?
can't communicate well with others
delusions
hallucinations
What is can't communicate well
200
Which group of drugs are usually used to treat ADHD
depressants
stimulants
anti-convulsants
anti-psychotics
What is stimulants
200
What is the most commonly in the US? diagnosed mental illness
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
200
What is the difference between anxiety and panic disorders?
What is panic attacks are sudden, random, unrelated panic attacks
300
How ling so mood swings last in bipolar Depression?
A few days to many years
A few weeks
A few months
What is A few days to many years
300
True or False: no genetic link has been found for Schizophrenia?
What is False
300
In 1917-18, an epidemic in Europe and the US is credited with sparking research into hyperactivity and associated disorders. The patients with which disease displayed symptoms of ADHD
Diptheria
Encephalitis
Typhoid
What is Encephalitis
300
The World health Organization predicts heart disease will be the most common cause of disability worldwide by 2020, what will be the second?
What is Depression
300
What is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder?
What is incessant worry about something unimportant
400
Dysthymia is the least serious form of depression, but what effects does it have on it's victims?
What is it lasts longer
400
What is the average age range in which the onset of Schizophrenia symptoms develop?
10-15
15-25
25-40
40-55
What is 15-25
400
Diagnosis of ADHD depends on being rated against three categories of symptoms....Inattention, Hyperactivity, and what?
Aggression
Inactivity
Lethargy
Impulsivity
What is Impulsivity
400
Who is most likely to die by suicide
women
men
What is men
400
What is the most common medication for temporary relief of panic attacks?
Thorazine
Lorazepam
Lithium
What is Lorazepam
500
Severe depression accompanied by hallucinations and delusions is what type of depression?
Psychotic Depression
Major Depression
Bipolar Depression
What is Psychotic Depression
500
Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy is still sometimes used on Schizophrenic patients? True or False?
What is False
500
True or False: Most children grow out of ADHD
What is False....symptoms often get less severe as the patient grows older, but never completely leaves
500
What percentage of mental illnesses have on onset during childhood to adolescence?
50%
25%
70%
10%
What is 70%
500
What should you do to help someone who is experiencing a panic attack?
What is Take them to a safe place, speak calmly and encourage them to take slow, deep breaths