New Frameworks for Mental Health (Level 5)

Question 1

What are three nouns similar to “patient”?

Answer 1

“Sick person”, “case”, or “sufferer”.

Question 2

What do direct quotations involve?

Answer 2

Taking someone else’s exact words or statements and incorporating them into one’s own writing.

Question 3

What is an example of a quote?

Answer 3

My sister said, “I need to do my homework”.

Question 4

What should you not capitalise if quoted material is a fragment or phrase?

Answer 4

The first letter of the quoted material.

Question 5

What may people with a phobia experience upon encountering the feared object or situation?

Answer 5

Immediate and intense anxiety.

Question 6

What may people with a phobia endure with intense anxiety?

Answer 6

Unavoidable objects and situations.

Question 7

What are five examples of common physical signs of generalised anxiety disorder?

Answer 7

Tremors, tachycardia, tachypnea, sweaty palms, and restlessness.

Question 8

With what does empathy begin?

Answer 8

With engaged curiosity about another’s particular emotional perspective.

Question 9

On which concept does empathetic listening build?

Answer 9

On the concept of being attentive to better understand another person’s experiences.

Question 10

Which quote by Somers Roche symbolises anxiety?

Answer 10

“Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind”.

Question 11

According to Somers Roche, what does anxiety cut, if encouraged, into which all other thoughts are drained?

Answer 11

A channel

Question 12

What is an unlikely belief shared by some people about anxiety disorders?

Answer 12

That they can be overcome with willpower.

Question 13

To what can untreated anxiety disorders lead?

Answer 13

To depression, substance abuse, and a range of other problems.

Question 14

What are individuals who experience anxiety more likely to experience?

Answer 14

Depression, substance misuse, sleep difficulties, social isolation, a poorer quality of life, and an increased risk of suicide.

Question 15

What is anxiety?

Answer 15

A response to stress, whether the stressor is experienced as positive or negative.

Question 16

What are two examples of positive stressors?

Answer 16

Cleaning the house before family and friends arrive for a holiday gathering, or studying for an exam.

Question 17

What are two examples of negative stressors?

Answer 17

Losing one’s car keys, or getting into a fight with a loved one.

Question 18

What are 13 examples of ways of managing an anxiety disorder?

Answer 18

Learning about anxiety, mindfulness techniques, relaxation exercises, correct breathing techniques, dietary adjustments, exercise, learning to be assertive, building self-esteem, cognitive therapy, exposure therapy, structured problem solving, medication, or support groups.

Question 19

How has countertransference been viewed?

Answer 19

As a therapist’s reaction to projections of the client onto the therapist.

Question 20

How has countertransference been defined?

Answer 20

As the redirection of a therapist’s feelings toward a patient and the emotional entanglement that can occur with a patient.

Question 21

What sets people with anxiety disorders apart from others?

Answer 21

While experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations.

Question 22

What do anxiety disorders often involve?

Answer 22

Repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).