17. Mental Health and Mental Disorders

Question 1

____ ____ can be thought of as a state of emotional and social well-being in which individuals realise their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and can contribute to their community.

Answer 1

Mental health

Question 2

____ ____ ____ include the wide range of emotional and behavioural abnormalities that affect people throughout their lives.

Answer 2

Mental health problems

Question 3

A ____ ____ implies the existence of a clinically recognisable set of symptoms and behaviours, which usually need treatments (including hospitalisation at times) to be alleviated.

Answer 3

Mental disorder

Question 4

A mental disorder can be considered as a serious departure from ____ ____ – behaviour that causes distress to the individual and impairs their ability to function as usual.

Answer 4

normal functioning