Deck 10: Mental Health and Illness

Question 1

Approximately what percentage of the population will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives?

A) 0.2
B) 0.25
C) 0.33
D) 0.5
E) 0.6

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What results when a person possesses a discrediting characteristic that makes him or her different from what most people think of as "normal"?

A) Stigma
B) Depression
C) Anxiety
D) Inconsistent nurturing
E) Relational lens

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the most common mental illnesses?

A) Substance disorders
B) Anxiety disorders
C) Mood disorders
D) Eating disorders
E) Schizophrenia

Answer 3

B, C, D, E

Question 4

A mental illness affects only a small percentage of the population.

Question 5

Mental illness is better conceptualized as a continuum (or spectrum) and not as a category.

Question 6

Mental illness is accurately represented in the media.

Question 7

Portrayal of mental illness on television reflects a balance of both negative and positive depictions of the mentally ill persons and their relationships.

Question 8

Communication is central to establishing and maintaining good mental health and preventing and treating mental illness.

Question 9

Inconsistent nurturing as control theory suggests that a cycle of punishment, reinforcement, and then punishment can actually reinforce depressive behavior.

Question 10

According to research by Segrin et al. (2011), social support consistently led to lower psychological distress among men who had prostate cancer.

Question 11

What is stigma, and how are labels for mental illness related to stigma?

Question 12

According to Coyne's (1976) research on emotional contagion, what is one reason that communication with depressed people can be challenging?

Question 13

What are the different ways that mental illness can be treated, and what are the advantages and disadvantages to each?

Question 14

What kind of data did Segrin et al. (2011) collect, how did they analyze the data, and what did they find?