The Human Body
Mental Health
Myth or Fact
100

This is the hardest substance in the human body

What is Tooth enamel?

100

The lime green ribbon symbolizes

Mental Health Awareness

100
Myth or Fact: "Mental Health problems are rare for older adults"

Myth. 14% of adults over 60 experience mental illness

200

True or False: A modern human brain is smaller than a neanderthal's brain

True

200

The crisis and suicide phone line

What is 988

200

Myth or Fact: "1 in 4 people experience loneliness"

Fact: 25% or 1/4 adults experience loneliness

300

A baby has __ bones in their body, making them the ultimate flexible humans. (Adults have 206 bones)

300 bones

300

This is the age where 50% of mental health problems begin

What is 14?

300

Myth or Fact: People with mental health issues are dangerous"

Myth: The vast majority of people with mental health conditions are not violent

400

This is the longest cell in the body

What is a Neuron (Nerve cell)?

400

This state has the lowest reported percentage of people living with mental illness

What is New Jersey?

400

Myth or Fact: "Mental Health issues will go away on their own."

Myth: Early intervention and treatment make a huge difference in recovery. Especially when you consider that 1 in 6 older adults experience abuse (~17%)

500

The number of muscles it takes to smile

What is 17 muscles? (It takes 43 muscles to frown)

500

This is the rarest phobia

Ephebiphobia: Fear of Teenagers

500

Myth of Fact: "The percentage of deaths by suicide committed by adults 60 and older is very low"

Myth: 27% of deaths by suicide are adults 60 and over