Understanding Mental Health

• Mental illness as stemming either from organic conditions or from elements in an individual’s psychological development.
• Mental illness is primarily a social construct created by others or a social role that those labeled must play.
• Mental illness as “problems in living” or “difficulties in social adaptation.” (correct)
• Mental illness is the opposite of mental health.

• As an outgrowth of an individual’s personality development. (correct)
• Is rooted in an individual’s social experience, including his or her community life and interpersonal relationships.
• Is a disease, caused in the same way as a disease of the body.
• Are dysfunctional behaviors, such as hallucinating in public places.

• Was developed as part of legislation addressing the needs of those whose severe disabilities, occurring during the maturing years, affect their total development.
• Both A and B (correct)
• Neither A nor B
• Refers not only to an intellectual disability but also to a variety of conditions, occurring before age twenty-two, that hinder development.

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