Q 01/05

Which conditions does the WHO count as the most common mental disorders worldwide, among 1.1 billion people affected in 2021?

A) Psychotic disorders

B) Anxiety and depression

C) Personality disorders

D) Substance use disorders

Answer · why

B) Anxiety and depression

Anxiety and depression lead the list; the WHO counted about 1.1 billion people living with a mental disorder in 2021, with anxiety disorders the singl...

Q 02/05

Which mental health professional is a medical doctor who can typically prescribe medication?

A) Psychologist

B) Psychiatrist

C) Social Worker

D) Counselor

Answer · why

B) Psychiatrist

Psychiatrists are medical doctors who have specialized training in mental health, enabling them to diagnose mental illnesses, conduct psychotherapy, a...

Q 03/05

Mindfulness, adapted from the Buddhist concept of sati, is most often cultivated through which technique?

A) Chanting

B) Meditation

C) Fasting

D) Pilgrimage

Answer · why

B) Meditation

Meditation is the usual route; a course built on it has been tested head-to-head against staying on antidepressants as a way to stop depression return...

Q 04/05

Which reformer lobbied states to build mental asylums, then superintended the Union Army's nurses?

A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

B) Dorothea Dix

C) Jane Addams

D) Susan B. Anthony

Answer · why

B) Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix, a schoolteacher, went to teach a Sunday class at a local jail in 1841, found mentally ill inmates locked up with criminals in wretched c...

Q 05/05

Which condition, once called manic depression, features extreme mood swings between mania or hypomania and depression?

A) Bipolar Disorder

B) Major Depressive Disorder

C) Generalized Anxiety Disorder

D) Schizophrenia

Answer · why

A) Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder is tricky to treat: an antidepressant taken alone can tip a patient from a low into mania, so doctors rarely prescribe one on its own...