2025 QMHA MENTAL DISORDERS STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
Exposure Therapy - Therapeutic approach that helps individuals confront and manage
their fear by gradually exposing them to the traumatic event in a safe manner, using
techniques like mental imagery, writing, or revisiting the location of the trauma to
develop coping strategies.
Cognitive Restructuring - Therapeutic technique that assists individuals in making sense
of distressing memories and challenging negative thought patterns.
Psychological Therapies - Therapies that teach individuals constructive ways to respond
to triggering events that elicit PTSD symptoms.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies - Therapies that help individuals address fears by
modifying their thought processes and responses to stressors.
Mindfulness Therapy - Therapeutic approach that promotes present-moment awareness
and acceptance of distressing thoughts and emotions, fostering self-acceptance.
Anti-Anxiety Medications - Include benzodiazepines like clonazepam, lorazepam, and
alprazolam, which are used to manage anxiety symptoms.
Anti-Depressants - Include medications like fluoxetine, sertraline, and venlafaxine,
commonly used to treat depression and sometimes PTSD symptoms.
ADHD Coaching - Involves working with individuals to enhance skills in scheduling, goal
setting, confidence building, organization, and persistence in completing tasks in daily
life.
Depressive Disorder Treatments - Medications that target neurotransmitters like
serotonin and norepinephrine. Includes SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, and
MAOIs.
Bipolar Disorder Medications - Include mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and
antidepressants.
Schizophrenia Treatment - Focuses on symptom management through medications,
behavioral therapies, illness management, rehabilitation, family education, and
cognitive-behavioral therapy.
PTSD Treatment - Involves exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, and psychological
therapies.
Substance Use Disorders Treatment System - Includes individual and group counseling,
inpatient and residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, medication, recovery
support services, and peer supports.
, Contingency Management - Provides incentives to reinforce positive behaviors, like
abstinence from substance use.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy - Aids individuals with substance use disorders in
building motivation and committing to treatment and recovery plans.
12-Step Facilitation Therapy - Guides engagement in 12-step programs like AA or NA.
ACRA - Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach that uses defined procedures
to develop skills and encourage participation in positive activities.
ACC - Assertive Continuing Care provides intensive follow-up and home-based services
to prevent relapse, delivered by a professional team.
Medication-Assisted Treatment - Used in combination with counseling and behavioral
therapies to reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms by occupying receptors in the
brain. Primarily used for opioid treatment.
World Health Organization Definition of Health - Health is defined as a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity.
Global Percentage of Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders - 20%
Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide - Mental and substance use disorders
Annual Number of Suicides - 800,000
Factors Impacting Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being - War and disasters
Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Care - Stigma and discrimination
Key Barriers to Mental Health Availability - Absence of mental health from public health
agenda, funding implications, organization of services, lack of integration in primary
care, inadequate human resources, and lack of public mental health leadership
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - characterized by excessive, uncontrollable worry
about everyday things.
Panic Disorder - involves sudden and repeated attacks of fear that last for several
minutes or longer.
Social Anxiety Disorder - intense fear of social situations, leading to avoidance of such.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) - characterized by a preoccupation
with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control.
ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
Exposure Therapy - Therapeutic approach that helps individuals confront and manage
their fear by gradually exposing them to the traumatic event in a safe manner, using
techniques like mental imagery, writing, or revisiting the location of the trauma to
develop coping strategies.
Cognitive Restructuring - Therapeutic technique that assists individuals in making sense
of distressing memories and challenging negative thought patterns.
Psychological Therapies - Therapies that teach individuals constructive ways to respond
to triggering events that elicit PTSD symptoms.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies - Therapies that help individuals address fears by
modifying their thought processes and responses to stressors.
Mindfulness Therapy - Therapeutic approach that promotes present-moment awareness
and acceptance of distressing thoughts and emotions, fostering self-acceptance.
Anti-Anxiety Medications - Include benzodiazepines like clonazepam, lorazepam, and
alprazolam, which are used to manage anxiety symptoms.
Anti-Depressants - Include medications like fluoxetine, sertraline, and venlafaxine,
commonly used to treat depression and sometimes PTSD symptoms.
ADHD Coaching - Involves working with individuals to enhance skills in scheduling, goal
setting, confidence building, organization, and persistence in completing tasks in daily
life.
Depressive Disorder Treatments - Medications that target neurotransmitters like
serotonin and norepinephrine. Includes SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, and
MAOIs.
Bipolar Disorder Medications - Include mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and
antidepressants.
Schizophrenia Treatment - Focuses on symptom management through medications,
behavioral therapies, illness management, rehabilitation, family education, and
cognitive-behavioral therapy.
PTSD Treatment - Involves exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, and psychological
therapies.
Substance Use Disorders Treatment System - Includes individual and group counseling,
inpatient and residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, medication, recovery
support services, and peer supports.
, Contingency Management - Provides incentives to reinforce positive behaviors, like
abstinence from substance use.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy - Aids individuals with substance use disorders in
building motivation and committing to treatment and recovery plans.
12-Step Facilitation Therapy - Guides engagement in 12-step programs like AA or NA.
ACRA - Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach that uses defined procedures
to develop skills and encourage participation in positive activities.
ACC - Assertive Continuing Care provides intensive follow-up and home-based services
to prevent relapse, delivered by a professional team.
Medication-Assisted Treatment - Used in combination with counseling and behavioral
therapies to reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms by occupying receptors in the
brain. Primarily used for opioid treatment.
World Health Organization Definition of Health - Health is defined as a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity.
Global Percentage of Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders - 20%
Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide - Mental and substance use disorders
Annual Number of Suicides - 800,000
Factors Impacting Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being - War and disasters
Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Care - Stigma and discrimination
Key Barriers to Mental Health Availability - Absence of mental health from public health
agenda, funding implications, organization of services, lack of integration in primary
care, inadequate human resources, and lack of public mental health leadership
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - characterized by excessive, uncontrollable worry
about everyday things.
Panic Disorder - involves sudden and repeated attacks of fear that last for several
minutes or longer.
Social Anxiety Disorder - intense fear of social situations, leading to avoidance of such.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) - characterized by a preoccupation
with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control.
