Mental Health Quiz

Questions

1. The ancient Greek term for 'ravenous hunger' (from 'ox' and 'hunger') became in modern times the scientific term for what disorder?

2. What is proven in recent studies to be as dangerous as moderate levels of tobacco smoking and drinking alcohol?

   1. Commuting
   2. Bereavement
   3. Loneliness
   4. Fast food

3. Globally in the 21st century the age group with fastest rising suicide rate is?

   1. Young people
   2. 30-40s
   3. 50-60s
   4. 70+

4. What addiction did the World Health Organization add to the International Classification of Diseases in 2018?

   1. Sunbed tanning
   2. Computer gaming
   3. Sugar
   4. Shopping

5. The most helpful response to someone struggling with bereavement grief is?

   1. Ignore it and carry on as normal
   2. Lots of work for distraction
   3. Empathy and kindness
   4. Take them out and get them drunk

6. The world organization for suicide/crisis support services and helplines is called (What?).org?

   1. Friendship
   2. Friends
   3. Friendly
   4. Befrienders

7. What percentage of autistic people are considered to have extraordinary capabilities, as in the term 'savant'?

   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 10

8. Using your smartphone/tablet within 90minutes before bedtime will harm your sleep, True or False?

9. Refusing to eat and seeking unhealthy weight loss and an unnaturally thin body is technically what eating disorder?

10. In what US city did the 'Zero Suicides Model' begin in 2001 (initially as Perfect Depression Care), achieving zero suicides by 2009 among patients of Henry Ford Behavioural Health Services hospitals?

    1. Los Angeles
    2. New York
    3. Toronto
    4. Detroit

11. Which of one these is helpful prior to sleeping?

    1. Watching TV
    2. Reading a book
    3. Eating a big meal
    4. Texting friends

12. What poorly understood disease, named after the German scientist who identified it c.1906, causes 60-70% of dementia?

13. Sigmund Freud's popularly cited definition of mental health is the capacity to (What?) and (What?)?

    1. Think
    2. Work
    3. Exist
    4. Love

14. ADHD stands for what controversial condition, also called technically 'disturbance of activity and attention'?

15. From 1970-2015 global suicide rates have?

    1. Increased 25%
    2. Increased 35%
    3. Increased 60%
    4. Declined 10%

16. The best exercise for overall physical and mental health is?

    1. Cycling
    2. Running
    3. Weightlifting
    4. Dancing

17. Sean Parker, health advocate/philanthropist, is ex-president of which organization, about which he is quoted as saying: "God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains."?

18. An England NHS survey announced 2017 what % of adults to be taking anti-depressants?

    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 5 or 10

19. When work-related stress threatens someone's health, the most effective measure is?

    1. Medication
    2. Clarify objectives
    3. Increase pay
    4. Remove the cause of stress

20. Which organization produces ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) including Chapter V - Mental and Behavioural Disorders?

    1. UN
    2. EU
    3. WHO
    4. NATO

21. In January 2018 an open letter by activist investors JANA partners and California State Teachers' Retirement System (a major US pension company) asked what giant corporation to address potential harm to children from using its technology?

22. The Greater London Authority report on London's Mental Health (2014) stated the annual cost of mental illness to the London area exceeds?

    1. £25m
    2. £250m
    3. £5bn
    4. £25bn

23. Which poet's life, work and death helped inspire Al Alvarez's extraordinary seminal 1972 book on suicide and mental illness, The Savage God?

    1. Lord Byron
    2. William Wordsworth
    3. Sylvia Plath
    4. William Shakespeare

24. How much sleep per night is considered necessary to maintain good mental and physical health in adults?

    1. 4hrs
    2. 4-6 hrs
    3. 7-8hrs
    4. 9-10hrs