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

Multiple choice

Physical cravings for a drug and unpleasant reactions when the drug is withheld are signs of

  1. drug tolerance

  2. psychological dependence

  3. emotional dependence

  4. physical addiction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Physical addiction involves physiological dependence where the body has adapted to a drug and reacts negatively when it's withheld. Physical cravings and withdrawal symptoms (unpleasant reactions when stopping) are the hallmark signs. Drug tolerance is reduced response, while psychological/emotional dependence are mental rather than physical components.

Multiple choice

A sudden, irresistible urge to sleep, which lasts a few minutes to half an hour during the daytime is called

  1. narcolepsy

  2. hypersomnia

  3. sleep apnea

  4. sleepwalking disorder
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden, irresistible sleep attacks lasting from minutes to half an hour. The question directly describes this symptom pattern. Hypersomnia is excessive sleepiness without sudden attacks, sleep apnea involves breathing problems, and sleepwalking disorder occurs during actual sleep.

Multiple choice

What is 'Triskaidekaphobia'?

  1. Fear of bald people

  2. Fear of water

  3. Fear of light

  4. Fear of number 13
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Triskaidekaphobia is derived from Greek words 'triskaideka' (thirteen) and 'phobos' meaning fear or dread. It's a specific phobia involving extreme anxiety about the number 13, often linked to bad luck superstitions.

Multiple choice

A person who is mentally deranged due to some mental strain or other personal experience and suffers from intermittent intervals of sanity and insanity is

  1. idiot person

  2. lunatic person

  3. intoxicated person

  4. all of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A lunatic is a person who becomes mentally deranged due to mental strain or personal experience and has alternating periods of sanity and insanity. Unlike an idiot, who is permanently mentally incapable from birth, a lunatic may have lucid intervals. Option A (idiot) refers to permanent incapacity from birth. Option C (intoxicated) is temporary and voluntary. Option D is incorrect because these are distinct categories with different legal implications.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below is followed by 4 alternatives. Select the one which most logically complements the idea contained in the given sentence.

Dogs become disturbed when the brain is confused by stimuli that run counter to what the dog has learned to expect, when stimuli makes no sense within the victim's established frame of reference.

This means that a dog becomes disturbed when

  1. the provocation does not have a recognizable pattern

  2. established response-stimuli links are broken

  3. a new situation stirs old memories

  4. the animal is not able to relate the stimuli to any past experience of the same kind
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Established frame of reference' in the given sentence suggests the past experience, hence, option (4) is the answer.

Multiple choice

A students class is a windowless room and he needs to be assigned to another classroom. The student may be suffering from which of the following phobia?

  1. Acrophobia

  2. Agoraphobia

  3. Claustrophobia

  4. Hydrophobia

  5. Toxophobia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder; the sufferer has an irrational fear of having no escape or being closed-in. It frequently results in panic attack and can be triggered by certain stimuli or situations, such as being in a crowded elevator, a room without windows, or sitting in an airplane. Some people may even experience claustrophobia when wearing tight-necked clothing.