MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID EVALUATION EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Depression: Signs and Symptoms - Phychological - ✔✔-Sadness
•Anxiety
•Guilt
•Anger
•Mood Swings
•Lack of emotional
responsiveness
•Feelings of
helplessness
•Hopelessness
•Irritability
•Frequent self
criticism
•Self
blame
•Pessimism
•Impaired memory and
concentration
•Indecisiveness and
confusion
•Tendency to believe others
see one in a negative light
•Thoughts of death and
suicide
✔✔Anxiety - ✔✔Anxiety disorder differs from normal stress
and
anxiety
•
The symptoms of anxiety disorder are more
severe and can cause impairment in daily life
(i.e., work, Relationships
✔✔U.S. ADULTS WITH AN ANXIETY DISORDER
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR - ✔✔18.1
✔✔Anxiety: Signs and Symptoms - Physical - ✔✔•Cardiovascular:
pounding heart, chest pain,
rapid heartbeat, blushing
•Respiratory:
fast breathing, shortness of
breath
•Neurological:
, dizziness, headache, sweating,
tingling, numbness
•Gastrointestinal:
choking, dry mouth,
stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
•Musculoskeletal:
muscle aches and pains
(especially neck, shoulders and back),
restlessness, tremors and shaking, inability
to relax
✔✔Anxiety: Signs and Symptoms - Behavioral - ✔✔• Avoidance of situations, obsessive
or
compulsive behavior, distress in social
situations, phobic behavior
✔✔Anxiety: Signs and Symptoms - Psychological - ✔✔Unrealistic or excessive fear and
worry (about
past and future events), mind racing or going
blank, decreased concentration and memory,
indecisiveness, irritability, impatience, anger,
confusion, restlessness or feeling on edge
or nervous, fatigue, sleep disturbance, vivid
dreams
✔✔Risk Factors
for Depression and Anxiety - ✔✔•Distressing and uncontrollable event
•Stressful or traumatic events
•Difficult childhood; history of childhood anxiety
•Ongoing stress and anxiety
•Another mental illness
•Previous episode of depression or anxiety
•Family history
•More sensitive emotional nature
•Illness that is life threatening, chronic or
associated with pain
•Medical conditions
•Side effects of medication
•Recent childbirth
•Premenstrual changes in hormone levels
•Lack of exposure to bright light in winter
•Chemical (neurotransmitter) imbalance
•Substance misuse
, intoxication, withdrawal
✔✔Symptoms of a Panic Attack - ✔✔•Palpitations,\ pounding heart or rapid heart rate
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Depression: Signs and Symptoms - Phychological - ✔✔-Sadness
•Anxiety
•Guilt
•Anger
•Mood Swings
•Lack of emotional
responsiveness
•Feelings of
helplessness
•Hopelessness
•Irritability
•Frequent self
criticism
•Self
blame
•Pessimism
•Impaired memory and
concentration
•Indecisiveness and
confusion
•Tendency to believe others
see one in a negative light
•Thoughts of death and
suicide
✔✔Anxiety - ✔✔Anxiety disorder differs from normal stress
and
anxiety
•
The symptoms of anxiety disorder are more
severe and can cause impairment in daily life
(i.e., work, Relationships
✔✔U.S. ADULTS WITH AN ANXIETY DISORDER
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR - ✔✔18.1
✔✔Anxiety: Signs and Symptoms - Physical - ✔✔•Cardiovascular:
pounding heart, chest pain,
rapid heartbeat, blushing
•Respiratory:
fast breathing, shortness of
breath
•Neurological:
, dizziness, headache, sweating,
tingling, numbness
•Gastrointestinal:
choking, dry mouth,
stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
•Musculoskeletal:
muscle aches and pains
(especially neck, shoulders and back),
restlessness, tremors and shaking, inability
to relax
✔✔Anxiety: Signs and Symptoms - Behavioral - ✔✔• Avoidance of situations, obsessive
or
compulsive behavior, distress in social
situations, phobic behavior
✔✔Anxiety: Signs and Symptoms - Psychological - ✔✔Unrealistic or excessive fear and
worry (about
past and future events), mind racing or going
blank, decreased concentration and memory,
indecisiveness, irritability, impatience, anger,
confusion, restlessness or feeling on edge
or nervous, fatigue, sleep disturbance, vivid
dreams
✔✔Risk Factors
for Depression and Anxiety - ✔✔•Distressing and uncontrollable event
•Stressful or traumatic events
•Difficult childhood; history of childhood anxiety
•Ongoing stress and anxiety
•Another mental illness
•Previous episode of depression or anxiety
•Family history
•More sensitive emotional nature
•Illness that is life threatening, chronic or
associated with pain
•Medical conditions
•Side effects of medication
•Recent childbirth
•Premenstrual changes in hormone levels
•Lack of exposure to bright light in winter
•Chemical (neurotransmitter) imbalance
•Substance misuse
, intoxication, withdrawal
✔✔Symptoms of a Panic Attack - ✔✔•Palpitations,\ pounding heart or rapid heart rate
