PPN 303: Week 1 Exam Questions and
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What is the prevalence of mental illness among Canadians? - ✔✔1 in 5
What is the relationship between the prevalence of mental health and substance
use disorders? - ✔✔- People with a mental illness are twice as likely to have a
substance use disorder compared to the general population
- People with substance use disorders are up to 3 times more likely to have a
mental illness
What does mental health mean? How do we define it using the Keyes framework?
- ✔✔More than the absence or presence of illness
"Flourishing" (Keyes 2002)
• Subjective sense of well-being:
• Positive Functioning in life
• Psychological well-being
• Emotional well-being
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• Social well-being
True/False: People with mental illness can never experience mental health. -
✔✔False.
What is poor mental health? How do we define it using the Keyes framework? -
✔✔Mental Illnesses are diagnosed clinical conditions that are NOT the opposite of
mental health
"Languishing" (Keyes 2002)
• "emptiness, stagnation...languishing in life":
• Psychological
• Emotional
• Social
How does the WHO define mental health? - ✔✔"a state of well-being in which the
individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of
life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his
or her community."