MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔T or F: Trauma is a powerful risk factor. Protective factors are the counter to risk
factors. - ✔✔True
✔✔A mental health challenge is a term that refers to when people are experiencing
early signs/symptoms, worsening s/s, or crisis s/s, and to people who have been
diagnosed by a professional with a mental disorder. - ✔✔True
✔✔Recovery is achievable and attainable for many people who have experienced a
mental health challenge. - ✔✔True
✔✔Self-care - ✔✔the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health.
✔✔T or F: Self-care is not an important part of being a MHA. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: MHFA do not diagnose, do not treat, and consider safety before engaging
with the action plan. - ✔✔True
✔✔Depression - ✔✔Sad or low mood that persists for at least two weeks.
✔✔Anxiety - ✔✔A feeling of worry caused by perceived threats in the environment.
✔✔PTSD - ✔✔A disorder that can occur after a person has experienced a traumatic
event.
✔✔Bipolar Disorder - ✔✔An illness characterized by extreme swings in mood, energy,
and activity level.
✔✔Eating Disorders - ✔✔serious illnesses in which people have severe disturbances in
their eating behaviors and distorted thoughts and emotions about how their body looks
or feels.
✔✔Substance use disorder - ✔✔a pattern of using alcohol or another substance that
results in the impairment in daily life or noticeable distress.
✔✔Psychosis - ✔✔a condition in which a person has lost some contact with reality
✔✔Coping strategies include: - ✔✔Relaxation training
Exercise
Proper nutrition and sleep
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔T or F: Trauma is a powerful risk factor. Protective factors are the counter to risk
factors. - ✔✔True
✔✔A mental health challenge is a term that refers to when people are experiencing
early signs/symptoms, worsening s/s, or crisis s/s, and to people who have been
diagnosed by a professional with a mental disorder. - ✔✔True
✔✔Recovery is achievable and attainable for many people who have experienced a
mental health challenge. - ✔✔True
✔✔Self-care - ✔✔the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health.
✔✔T or F: Self-care is not an important part of being a MHA. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: MHFA do not diagnose, do not treat, and consider safety before engaging
with the action plan. - ✔✔True
✔✔Depression - ✔✔Sad or low mood that persists for at least two weeks.
✔✔Anxiety - ✔✔A feeling of worry caused by perceived threats in the environment.
✔✔PTSD - ✔✔A disorder that can occur after a person has experienced a traumatic
event.
✔✔Bipolar Disorder - ✔✔An illness characterized by extreme swings in mood, energy,
and activity level.
✔✔Eating Disorders - ✔✔serious illnesses in which people have severe disturbances in
their eating behaviors and distorted thoughts and emotions about how their body looks
or feels.
✔✔Substance use disorder - ✔✔a pattern of using alcohol or another substance that
results in the impairment in daily life or noticeable distress.
✔✔Psychosis - ✔✔a condition in which a person has lost some contact with reality
✔✔Coping strategies include: - ✔✔Relaxation training
Exercise
Proper nutrition and sleep
