General Awareness

Mental Health and Disorders

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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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Anglophobia---

  1. Fear of men.

  2. Fear of amnesia.

  3. Fear of wind.

  4. Fear of England, English culture, etc.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Anglophobia is the fear of or contempt for England, its people, or its culture. The prefix 'Anglo-' refers to England. Fear of men is androphobia, and fear of wind is anemophobia.

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Anthrophobia---

  1. Fear of air drafts or wind.

  2. Fear of becoming angry.

  3. Fear of flowers.

  4. Fear of floods.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Anthrophobia is the fear of flowers (from the Greek 'anthos' meaning flower). It should not be confused with 'anthropophobia', which is the fear of people. Fear of floods is antlophobia.

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Arachibutyrophobia--

  1. Fear of being touched.

  2. Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

  3. Fear of numbers.

  4. Fear of fire.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Arachibutyrophobia is the specific fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth. It is often related to a fear of choking or the sensation of stickiness. Fear of fire is pyrophobia.

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Arachnophobia---

  1. Fear of spiders.

  2. Fear of numbers.

  3. Fear of thunder and lightning.

  4. Fear of fainting or weakness.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Arachnophobia is derived from the Greek 'arachne' (spider) and 'phobos' (fear). It is one of the most common phobias globally. Fear of numbers is arithmophobia, and fear of thunder is brontophobia.

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Arithmophobia---

  1. Fear of thunder and lightning.

  2. Fear of staying single.

  3. Fear of bees

  4. Fear of numbers.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Arithmophobia comes from the Greek 'arithmos' meaning number. It's the irrational fear of numbers, calculations, or dealing with mathematics. This is distinct from astraphobia (fear of thunder/lightning) or apiphobia (fear of bees).

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Arrhenphobia---

  1. Fear of asymmetrical things.

  2. Fear of imperfection.

  3. Fear of men.

  4. Fear of fainting or weakness.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Arrhenphobia (or androphobia) is the abnormal and persistent fear of men or adult males. This specific phobia can cause significant distress and avoidance behaviors. It differs from symmetrophobia (fear of symmetry) or other anxiety-related conditions.

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Barophobia is:

  1. Fear of gravity

  2. Fear of bacteria

  3. Fear of microbes

  4. Fear of missles or bullets
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Barophobia is the fear of gravity. The other options refer to different phobias, such as bacteriophobia (fear of bacteria), microbiophobia (fear of microbes), or ballistophobia (fear of missiles/bullets).

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Belonephobia is:

  1. Fear of plants

  2. Fear of pins and needles

  3. Fear of walking or falling

  4. Fear of slime
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Belonephobia is the fear of pins, needles, and sharp objects. The other options refer to different phobias, such as botanophobia (fear of plants), basophobia (fear of falling), or blennophobia (fear of slime).

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Bibliophobia is:

  1. Fear of body smells

  2. Fear of depth

  3. Fear of books

  4. Fear of slime
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Bibliophobia is the fear of books. The other options refer to different phobias, such as bromidrosiphobia (fear of body smells), bathophobia (fear of depth), or blennophobia (fear of slime).

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Bogyphobia is:

  1. Fear of microbes

  2. Fear of missles or bullets

  3. Fear of pins and needles

  4. Fear of bogies or the bogeyman
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Bogyphobia is the fear of bogies, demons, or the bogeyman. The other options refer to different phobias, such as microbiophobia (fear of microbes), belonephobia (fear of pins/needles), or ballistophobia (fear of missiles/bullets).

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Caligynephobia is:

  1. Fear of thunder and lightning

  2. Fear of newness, novelty

  3. Fear of toads

  4. Fear of beautiful women
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Caligynephobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of beautiful women. The term comes from Greek roots: 'caly' meaning beautiful and 'gyné' meaning women. Option A refers to Astraphobia/Brontophobia, B to Neophobia, and C to Bufonophobia.

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Cathisophobia is:

  1. Fear of cancer

  2. Fear of the heart

  3. Fear of sitting

  4. Fear of meat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cathisophobia is the fear of sitting down. The other options refer to different phobias, such as carcinophobia (fear of cancer), cardiophobia (fear of the heart), or carnophobia (fear of meat).

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Catoptrophobia is:

  1. Fear of being ridiculed

  2. Fear of mirrors

  3. Fear of meat

  4. Fear of sitting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors. The other options refer to different phobias, such as catagelophobia (fear of being ridiculed), carnophobia (fear of meat), or cathisophobia (fear of sitting).

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Chaetophobia is:

  1. Fear of hair

  2. Fear of new things or ideas

  3. Fear of cold

  4. Fear of gaiety
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chaetophobia is the fear of hair. The other options refer to different phobias, such as neophobia (fear of new things), cryophobia (fear of cold), or cheraphobia (fear of gaiety).

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Chiraptophobia is:

  1. Fear of being touched

  2. Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals

  3. Fear of snow

  4. Fear of gaiety
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chiraptophobia is the abnormal fear of being touched by others. It comes from Greek 'chirapt' meaning 'I touch' and 'phobia' meaning fear. Option B is Chemophobia, C is Chionophobia (fear of snow), and D is Cherophobia (fear of gaiety/happiness).