Quiz 1 (Feb 6th)

Question 1

incidences

Answer 1

new cases of disease or disability

Question 2

prevalence

Answer 2

existing cases of disease or disability

Question 3

Tertiary

Answer 3

• this is where treatment & rehabiliton efforts are made after a person has gotten ill.

Question 4

Neuron

Answer 4

• transmit information to the brain (thru electricity ions)

Question 5

synaps

Answer 5

space between two neurons


(a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.)

Question 6

Endogenous depression-

Answer 6

internal

Question 7

Exogenous depression -

Answer 7

external

Question 8

Dendrite

Answer 8

a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.

Question 9

Axon

Answer 9

the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

Question 10


Receptors

Answer 10

A specialized cell or group of nerve endings that responds to sensory stimuli.

(Are open)

Question 11


Cell Body

Answer 11

the spherical part of the neuron that contains the nucleus. The cell body connects to the dendrites, which bring information to the neuron, and the axon, which sends information to other neurons.

Question 12

Mental disorder that occurs during the winter

Answer 12

Seasonal affective disorders

Question 13

Panic attack

Answer 13

sudden rapid onset of disabling terror

Question 14

Social phobia

Answer 14

Fear of speaking in public


Question 15

Obsessive compulsive disorders

Answer 15

Obsessive thoughts

Question 16

Agoraphobia

Answer 16

fear of crowded places

Question 17

Youth suicide

Answer 17

at an increase

Persons over the age 65 most likely to commit suicide

Question 18

College student suicide

Answer 18

The #1 cause of suicide is untreated depression

Question 19

Schizophrenia

Answer 19

a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

Question 20

Schizophrenia symptoms

Answer 20

What are some symptoms?
Hallucinations- perceptions of sight, sound
Delusions- belief in something contrary to fact
Inability to think in a logical manner
Responding with inappropriate emotions

Question 21

What are some early markers? Schizophrenia

Answer 21

Impaired social skills
Impaired intellectual ability
Impaired capacity for organization

Question 22

Schizophrenia (Causes) ?

Answer 22

Genetic, viral infection, traumatic experience

Question 23

Medical concept of health:

Answer 23

(def)- Absence of disease. Focused on physical symptoms.

Question 24

WHO’s definition of health-

Answer 24

a state of complete, physical, psychological, emotional, environmental, & spiritual well being

Question 25

Modern definition of health & wellness

Answer 25

A combination of the physical, psychological–