Question 1

Psychopathology is the study of:

Accepted Answer

Psychopathology is the study of mental health problems or psychiatric disorders. Although psychosis and personality disorders may fall under this category, they are only a subset of the broader field of psychopathology. Heritability is a concept related to genetics and inheritance and is not specific to psychopathology.

Question 2

Which of the following is a mental health problem?

Accepted Answer

All the options listed are mental health problems. Anxiety and depression are common mental health disorders that can cause significant distress and affect daily functioning. Narcissistic personality disorder is also a mental health condition that is characterized by a pattern of grandiosity, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.

Question 3

Which of the following aspects is common to all mental health problems?

Accepted Answer

All mental health problems involve significant distress or impairment in functioning, which is one of the key criteria for diagnosis according to the DSM-5. Mood swings, reduced memory, and attentional bias may be present in some mental health problems, but they are not universal features.

Question 4

According to the World Health Organization (2008) report, what condition appears as the single largest cause of disability?

Accepted Answer

According to the World Health Organization's report in 2008, mental health problems are the largest cause of disability worldwide.

Question 5

According to the Office for National Statistics Psychiatry Morbidity Report (2001), how many people in the UK will experience a diagnosable mental health problem every year?

Accepted Answer

According to the Office for National Statistics Psychiatry Morbidity Report (2001), 25% of people in the UK will experience a diagnosable mental health problem each year.

Question 6

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2011), appoximately ___________ of the population report having had serious thoughts of suicide in the prior 12 months.

Accepted Answer

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2011), approximately 4% of the population report having had serious thoughts of suicide in the prior 12 months.

Question 7

In most developed countries around one in five people has a diagnosable mental health problem at any one time.

Accepted Answer

According to the World Health Organization, around one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. In developed countries, this number is often around one in five at any given time.

Question 8

Psychoses are among the most prevalent mental health problems compared to problems such as mood disorders and anxiety.

Accepted Answer

Psychoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are less prevalent than mood disorders and anxiety disorders according to epidemiological studies.

Question 9

___________ are the single largest cause of disability, contributing up to 22.8% of the total burden. For example, ___________ alone accounts for 7% of the disease burden according to the World ___________ Organization (2008).

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Question 10

___________ is the study of mental health problems.

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Question 11

Changes in __________ are some of the first symptoms that are noticed in many forms of psychopathology.

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Question 12

Which of the following terms is now considered as inappropriate to describe people suffering from a mental health problem?

Accepted Answer

All of the above terms are now considered inappropriate to describe people suffering from a mental health problem. They are stigmatizing and perpetuate negative stereotypes about individuals with mental illness. It is more respectful and accurate to use person-first language and describe individuals as "having a mental health condition" or "living with a mental illness."

Question 13

In the past, people exhibiting symptoms of psychopathology were often described as being '___________'.

Accepted Answer

In the past, mental illness was often attributed to supernatural or demonic forces, leading people to believe that those exhibiting symptoms were possessed.

Question 14

Which practice diffused in ancient civilizations, such as those in Egypt, China, and Greece, believed that those exhibiting symptoms of psychopathology were possessed by bad spirits?

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Question 15

What did the most diffused practices for exorcising the bad spirits in ancient civilizations consist of?

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Question 16

Understanding the biological causes of mental health problems allowed for the conception of 'madness' to move slowly towards treating it as a(n) __________.

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Question 17

The __________ model of psychopathology introduced scientific thinking into our attempts to understand psychopathology.

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Question 18

What are the two main aims of the medical model applied to the study of psychopathology?

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Question 19

Which branch of medicine is involved in the study and treatment of mental illness, emotional disturbance, and abnormal behaviour, based on the medical model of psychopathology?

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Question 20

Describe the implications of the medical model of psychopathology for the way we conceive mental health problems.

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Quiz 15: Mental Health and Psychopathology