Mental Health Flashcards
This region has the highest prevalence of anxiety disorders
_____________
American region
This region has the highest prevalence of depressive disorders
_____________
African region
There is a high prevalence of depression among men in the Western-Pacific region. True or false.
False
Among the Eastern Meditteranean, European, Southeast-Asian and Western-Pacific regions, which one has the highest prevalence of depressive disorders among men?
Eastern Meditteranean
Which region has the lowest prevalence of anxiety disorders among both men and women?
Western Pacific region
The European region has the highest prevalence of anxiety disorders among women. True or false
False
Which region has the highest prevalence of anxiety disorders among both men and women?
American region
Most women have anxiety disorders between the ages of 30 to 34 and 50 to 54. True or false
True
According to the chart describing the global prevalence of depressive disorders, most women are depressed between what ages?
60 to 64
More women commit suicide than men. True or false
False
There are higher rates of suicide in higher income conutries than there are in lower and middle income countries among men. True or false.
True
In LMICs, suicide rates are higher among females. True or false.
True
LMICs in Europe have higher suicide rates among men. True or false
True
Among which LMICs have the lowest suicide rates among both men and women.
a. American region
b. Western-Pacific region
c. Eastern Meditteranean region
d. Madagascar
c. Eastern Meditteranean region
Depressive disorders are NOT one of the causes of DALY in Canada. True or false
False
For both sexes aged 10 to 14, which of the following fall under the top 10 causes of death
a. Mild headaches
b. the flu
c. tuberculosis
d. self harm
d. self harm
There are higher percentages of suicide caused deaths among women in their early twenties (20 to 24). True or false
True
There are higher percentages of suicide caused deaths among men between the ages of 30 to 34. True or false
True
The existence of mental disorders such as anxiety, depressive and PTSD at the SAME time in the same person is termed____________
Mental disorder Co-morbidity
Mental illness interventions include all the following EXCEPT
a. Psychotherapy
b. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
c. Counselling
d. Googling the causes of the illness.
d. Googling the causes of the illness.
Government mental health expenditure per capita is highest in which region?
Europe
The mental health workforce per 100 000 population is lowest in _______
Africa
One of the benefits of task shifting is that it
a. it is costly
b. it pushes communiteies apart
c. increases access to
psychosocial support
in marginalized and
difficult to reach
populations
d. it is too long.
c. increases access to
psychosocial support
in marginalized and
difficult to reach
populations
One of the benefit of the grandmother bench in Zimbabwe was that patients would gain access to screening, referral, and treatment using
problem-solving therapy. True or false
True