Mental Health Awareness quiz

How much do you know about mental health? The Staff
Health & Wellbeing team at Sandwell and West
Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust have compiled a quiz to
help you improve your awareness of mental health.

Depression is a bad mood, a
state of mind, not a medical
illness

Only women suffer from
eating disorders

Children don’t get
depression, it’s just part of
growing up

Stress can instigate other
health issues

Women are more likely
than men to be at risk of
depression and/or
anxiety, self harm and
eating disorders

Black Caribbean people
are more likely than white
people to be diagnosed
with schizophrenia

Individuals from ethnic
minorities are more likely to
experience poor outcomes
from treatment

Some people misuse
substances as a form of
self-medication to
alleviate the symptoms of
mental health problems

Violence is a symptom of
schizophrenia

Recovery from mental
illness is not possible

A lack of sleep can cause
depression

People with mental illnesses
obtain work and hold down a
good job

Depression is a choice and a
sign of personal weakness

Drug addiction is a
voluntary behaviour and
people can stop doing drugs
if they really want to

Most people with
depression never go to a
mental health professional

Depression causes physical
pain

Stress and anxiety are the
same thing

Being easily annoyed and
unusually irritable can be
an emotional warning sign
of too much stress

Anxiety is always a negative
harmful emotion

Mental Health Awareness quiz

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