Chapter 4: Mental Health Wellness

Question 1

What can be described as any disturbance or derangement in your mental health?

Answer 1

mental disorder

Question 2

What is a wide range of mental health conditions that affects your mood, thinking, and behavior?

Answer 2

mental illness

Question 3

How many adults in America experience a mental illness?

Answer 3

1 in 5 adults

Question 4

What percentage of the population experiences depression?

Answer 4

at least 7%

Question 5

What kind of treatment options are there for depression?

Answer 5

• psychotherapy
• medications
• brain stimulation therapies (ECT, rTMS)
• light therapy
• exercise

Question 6

What is the one symptom that is found in all anxiety disorders?

Answer 6

persistent, excessive fear or worry in situations that are not threatening

Question 7

What mental health disorder is the #1 killer of individuals who struggle with mental illness?

Answer 7

eating disorders

Question 8

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that what percent of all college students struggle with an eating disorder (in both females and males)?

Answer 8

25%

Question 9

A person who will deny themselves of food to the point of starvation and obsess over weight loss, is a result of what mental health disorder?

Answer 9

anorexia nervosa

Question 10

A person who will feel out of control when binging on very large amounts of food during short periods of time and then use forced vomiting, laxatives or excessive exercise to rid the calories, is the result of what mental health disorder?

Answer 10

bulimia nervosa

Question 11

A person who losses control over eating and eats a very large amount of food in a short period of time, often when not hungry or already full (resulting in feelings of embarrassment, disgust, depression and guilt), is the result of what mental health disorder?

Answer 11

binge eating disorder

Question 12

What are the top three treatment options for eating disorders?

Answer 12

• psychotherapy
• medicine
• nutritional counseling

Question 13

PTSD affects what percentage of the U.S. adult population?

Answer 13

3.5%

Question 14

The symptoms of PTSD fall into four categories, what are the four categories?

Answer 14

• intrusive memories
• avoidance
• dissociation
• hyper-vigilance

Question 15

What kind of treatment options are there for PTSD?

Answer 15

• medications
  -psychotherapy
• self-management strategies
• service animals

Question 16

What is one of the leading causes of death among college college and university students in the United States?

Answer 16

suicide

Question 17

More than how many college students have had suicidal thoughts?

Answer 17

half

Question 18

How many college students seriously consider attempting suicide?

Answer 18

1 in 10 students

Question 19

What percentage of college students, who were not receiving help from college counseling center, die by suicide?

Answer 19

80-90%

Question 20

What kind of drug abuse remains the most widely abused substance among America’s youth?

Answer 20

alcohol

Question 21

What chronic disease is characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences?

Answer 21

addiction

Question 22

What are the top three types of drugs used in drug addictions?

Answer 22

• marijuana
• prescription and over-the-counter medications
• heroin

Question 23

More people die from what kind of prescribed drug overdose than from heroin and cocaine combined?

Answer 23

opioids