Unit 1Test Review

General

100

What is one of the most important factors that impacts a young person's stress levels?

Sleep

200

Name one of the four known causes of Psychological disorders? Think BING!

Brain Injury/Infection/Neurotransmitter Imbalance/ Genetics

300

How long do symptoms have to last to be classified as Clinical Depression?

2 weeks

400

Name the "Three Outs" for relieving stress?

Time out, Work out, Reach out

500

This type of mental illness cause means that something from one's environment led to a psychological impairment, such as childhood emotional trauma or neglect.

Functional 

Definitions

100

To bounce back from hardships

Resilient

200

______ is a negative, unreasonable opinion/attitude or having a problem with people in a certain group, but not actually doing anything to them. 

Prejudice

300

Good form of stress is called what?

Eustress

400

This disease is a physical disorder caused by an emotional reason? Ex. Stomach ache caused by fear or headache from stress.

Psychosomatic Disease/stress

500

These deliver messages from your brain, jumping the gap between your nerve cells?

Neurotransmitters

Types of Mental Illness

100

This is the most common mental illness, affecting more than 26% of the U.S. adult population.

Depression 

200

A progressive disease of the brain?

Alzheimer's Disease

300

This condition causes the person to fluctuate between episodes of depression and mania

Bi-polar Disorder

400

This often impacts women after giving birth?

Postpartum Depression

500

Also known as "Winter Depression"

SAD- Seasonal Affective Disorder

Types of Neurotransmitter

100

The hormone that prepares the body to react?

Adrenaline

200

This neurotransmitter controls our mood, pain and body temperature. Too little of this is associated with OCD. 

Serotonin

300

When we are faced with stressors in our life our body will either face it or get away... this process is called what?

Fight or Flight

400

This neurotransmitter controls movement, enjoyment, mood, motivation & reward? An excessive amount of this is one factor involved in schizophrenia. 

Dopamine

500

This neurotransmitter regulates our anxiety and stress and controls motor control, vision and sedation.

GABA

True & False

100

Empathy is a choice

True

200

Having children vaccinated has been linked to Autism?

False

300

Only 2% of adults are considered to be in optimal mental health?

False- 17%

400

Selfishness is the opposite of empathy?

True

500

Mental disorders caused by one's environment is called an Organic cause like PTSD. 

False