Post Test - Home Care Association of New Hampshire



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Post Test- Mental Health- May 2020

ANSWERS

1. Health is defined by the World Health Organization as just the absence of disease.

False

2. Mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions in the United States.

True

3. Mental illnesses are conditions that affect a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, or behavior.

True

4. There is one type of stress.

False

5. Loneliness and social isolation are associated with higher rates of depression.

True

6. Mental illness only affects certain people.

False

7. If a person is suffering from a physical, chronic illness, it is not uncommon they may experience some level of depression.

True

8. There are many harmful attitudes and misunderstandings around mental health and mental illness.

True

9. Infectious disease outbreaks (such as COVID19) can cause emotional distress and anxiety.

True

10. Understanding the behaviors associated with a mental illness is part of providing care for a person with a mental illness.

True

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