General Awareness
Mental Health and Disorders
3,443 Questions
Mental health and disorders cover psychological conditions, behavioral signs, and emotional challenges. These topics appear in general awareness, psychology, and social work exams. Use this guide to practice identifying various mental health conditions.
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Mental Health and Disorders Questions
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Flies
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Metal
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Anger
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Brain disease
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Cholerophobia is the fear of anger. The root 'choler' refers to bile or anger, one of the four humors in ancient medicine associated with irritable temperament.
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Progress
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Puppets
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Dancing
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Running water
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Chorophobia is the fear of dancing. It comes from Greek 'choros' meaning dance. People with this phobia avoid social dancing or performances.
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Radiation or x-rays
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Moon
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Money
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Fire
C
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Chrometophobia is the abnormal and persistent fear of money. This includes fear of spending money, handling money, or even thinking about money.
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Bees
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Music
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Colors
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Large things
C
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Chromophobia is the fear of colors. This is different from color blindness - it's an emotional or psychological reaction to certain colors or color combinations.
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Relatives
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Clocks
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Chinese or Chinese culture
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Learning
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Chronomentrophobia is the fear of clocks or watches. It includes anxiety about time passing, deadlines, or the sound of ticking.
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Heat
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Food
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Bulls
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Religion or gods
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Cibophobia is the fear of food. Also called sitophobia, it involves fear of eating, certain foods, or becoming sick from food.
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Injections
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Cemeteries
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Injury
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Number 13
B
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Coimetrophobia is the fear of cemeteries. People with this phobia avoid graveyards and may experience panic attacks near burial grounds.
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Color yellow
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Computers or working on computers
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Germs
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Clothing
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Cyberphobia is the fear of computers, technology, or working with computers. It includes fear of learning to use computers or technology failure.
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Dentists
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Razors
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Jealousy
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Animals
A
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Dentophobia is the fear of dentists and dental procedures. It's one of the most common specific phobias and often prevents people from getting necessary dental care.
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Color white
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Loud noises
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Lakes
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Accidents
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Dystychiphobia is the fear of accidents. People with this phobia are excessively worried about accidental harm to themselves or others.
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Cooking
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Machines
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Large things
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Church
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Ecclesiophobia is the fear of church or religious buildings. This phobia may stem from traumatic experiences or cultural associations with religious institutions.
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Machines
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Home
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Lakes
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Cooking
B
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Ecophobia refers to an abnormal fear of home or being in one's home environment. It's distinct from other phobias like agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) or claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces). The prefix 'eco-' relates to domestic or home environments, making 'Home' the correct answer.
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Brain disease
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Marriage
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Bees
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Music
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Gamophobia is the fear of marriage or commitment, deriving from the Greek 'gamos' meaning marriage. It's not related to brain diseases, bees (apiphobia), or music. This specific phobia involves anxiety about the institution of marriage or the commitment it represents.
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Bees
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Music
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Automobiles
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Large things
C
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Motorphobia is the fear of automobiles, not bees (apiphobia), music (melophobia), or large things (megalophobia). The prefix 'motor-' directly relates to motorized vehicles. This phobia can cause significant anxiety when near or thinking about cars.
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Plants
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Clouds
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Frogs
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Floods
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Nephophobia is the fear of clouds, not plants (bromidrophobia), frogs (ranidaphobia), or floods (antlophobia). The Greek root 'nepho-' relates to clouds and weather phenomena. This is a specific environmental phobia.