Mental Health Assessment

Question 1

Mental health disorders

Answer 1

Illnesses with symptoms related to thinking and cognition, mood and affect, or behaviour

Question 2

Axis I of the DSM-IV

Answer 2

Clinical psychiatric disorders

Question 3

Axis II of the DSM-IV

Answer 3

Personality disorders or cognitive disability

Question 4

Axis III of the DSM-IV

Answer 4

General medical conditions

Question 5

Axis IV of the DSM-IV

Answer 5

Psychosocial and environmental problems

Question 6

Axis V of the DSM-IV

Answer 6

Global assessment of functioning

Question 7

Structure of the DSM-5

Answer 7

Uses a lifespan structure to organize diagnostic categories

Question 8

Number one predictor of completed suicides

Answer 8

Previous suicide attempts

Question 9

Emotion

Answer 9

What the person says they feel

Question 10

Affect

Answer 10

How the vocalization, speech, and presentation are related to emotion

Question 11

Primary burden

Answer 11

Suffering from the symptoms of an illness

Question 12

Secondary burden

Answer 12

Involved in carrying the label from the symptoms and facing others’ judgments