Understanding Mental Health Disorders

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According to the WHO, mental health is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

  • A disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation or behavior
  • A response to a common stressor or loss, such as the death of a loved one
  • An expectable or culturally approved response to a common stressor or loss (correct)
  • A clinically diagnosable disorder that significantly interferes with an individual's cognitive, emotional or social abilities

What percentage of the Dunedin Cohort Study participants met diagnostic criteria for at least one psychological disorder by mid-life?

  • 50%
  • 86% (correct)
  • 14%
  • 100%

According to the DSM-5, what is the definition of a mental disorder?

  • A response to a common stressor or loss, such as the death of a loved one
  • A disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation or behavior
  • A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities
  • A clinically diagnosable disorder that significantly interferes with an individual's cognitive, emotional or social abilities (correct)

What is the Dunedin Cohort Study?

<p>A study on the prevalence of psychological disorders in mid-life (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of mental health according to the WHO?

<p>A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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