Mental Health & Wellness Key Concepts and
Resilience Strategies Questions and answers
What is mental health?
Well-being in which an individual realizes potential, copes with normal stresses, works productively, and
contributes to the community.
Define mental illness.
A health condition characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior, associated with distress
and/or impaired functioning.
What does the Two Continua Model illustrate?
It shows that mental health and mental illness are related but different dimensions.
What is mental distress?
A common, expected response to everyday life experiences and challenges, requiring no professional
intervention.
What indicates mental health problems?
Being challenged by the magnitude of a stressor, leading to negative emotions and difficulties that can
be severe at times.
What characterizes mental illness according to DSM-V?
A dysregulation of mood, thought, and/or behavior that disrupts daily functioning.
What are some factors affecting mental health?
Social support, biological factors, psychological exposure to stress, structural issues, lifestyle habits,
victimization, and daily experiences.
What is resilience in the context of mental health?
Bouncing back from difficult experiences and developing coping skills to deal with stress.
How can unhealthy beliefs about oneself affect mental health?
They can lead to self-pity, excessive self-judgment, and pessimism, negatively impacting mental well-
being.
What are unhealthy mental habits regarding others?
Letting toxic people dictate emotions and failing to recognize personal control.
What unhealthy beliefs about the world can affect mental health?
Believing the world owes something, viewing it as unfair, and having rigid expectations.
Resilience Strategies Questions and answers
What is mental health?
Well-being in which an individual realizes potential, copes with normal stresses, works productively, and
contributes to the community.
Define mental illness.
A health condition characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior, associated with distress
and/or impaired functioning.
What does the Two Continua Model illustrate?
It shows that mental health and mental illness are related but different dimensions.
What is mental distress?
A common, expected response to everyday life experiences and challenges, requiring no professional
intervention.
What indicates mental health problems?
Being challenged by the magnitude of a stressor, leading to negative emotions and difficulties that can
be severe at times.
What characterizes mental illness according to DSM-V?
A dysregulation of mood, thought, and/or behavior that disrupts daily functioning.
What are some factors affecting mental health?
Social support, biological factors, psychological exposure to stress, structural issues, lifestyle habits,
victimization, and daily experiences.
What is resilience in the context of mental health?
Bouncing back from difficult experiences and developing coping skills to deal with stress.
How can unhealthy beliefs about oneself affect mental health?
They can lead to self-pity, excessive self-judgment, and pessimism, negatively impacting mental well-
being.
What are unhealthy mental habits regarding others?
Letting toxic people dictate emotions and failing to recognize personal control.
What unhealthy beliefs about the world can affect mental health?
Believing the world owes something, viewing it as unfair, and having rigid expectations.
