Mental Health Quiz (2): Comments
By LAMSA
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Facts about “false” answers in the Quiz (2), published on February 20, 2019.
- One of the most important cause of suicide is mental illness and not the stresses of being a teenager
- Mental disorders are treated with medications and psychotherapy. However, diet, exercise and a regular sleep cycle are helpful and considered in a holistic approach
- Youth who have Social Anxiety Disorder get well by evidence-based psychotherapies and in some cases, medications
- Suicide is the result of complex social, cultural, religious and socio-economic factors in addition to mental disorders
- Mental disorders arise from a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Mental illness are not caused by poor nutrition, neither are:
- The consequences of poor parenting or bad behaviour
- The result of personal weakness or deficits in personality
- The manifestation of malevolent spiritual intent
- Caused by poverty or lifestyle choice