Mental Health Quiz (1): Comments

Facts about “false” answers in the Quiz (1), published on January 18, 2019

1. Hallucinations are not only sounds. They are perceptions which could involve any of our five senses (hearing, smelling, seeing, touching, tasting…). They occur in the absence of any actual stimuli. They are experienced as real perceptions by the psychotic person.
2. Stigma (negative attitudes and beliefs leading to fear, rejection, discrimination) against the mentally ill is common in Lebanon and worldwide. Stigma is hard to the mentally ill more than the disease itself.
3. Delusions are fixed erroneous beliefs, like for example paranoid delusion (the conviction that someone will harm him/her).
4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a genetic component and is more frequent in boys.
5. Serotonin is a chemical (neurotransmitter) secreted in the brain. It plays a role in controlling happiness.
6. Anorexia nervosa is not very common among teenage girls; however, girls are much more commonly affected than boys, but any one can be affected