Chapter 31: Public mental health: prevention and promotion

1. The New Economics Foundation (2008) developed the Five Ways to Wellbeing: be active, keep learning, take notice, connect and  ________.

Answer: Give

2. How many times more likely is an individual experiencing the most social disadvantage to have mental health difficulties?

Answer: 2–2.2 times

3. Approximately what % of the disease burden in the UK is accounted for by mental ill health?

Answer: 23%

4. Evolutionary theorists argue that an increase in any trait will inevitably come at an evolutionary cost. What is this known as?

Answer: Trade-off

5. In the UK, ______ of the most deprived areas, with the highest indices of multiple deprivation, are found in cities.

Answer: 98%

6. Theory of Mind (ToM), the ability to __________, has been found to be negatively associated with several psychological conditions.

Answer: Infer another individual’s emotional and mental state

7. The English Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) include measures of _________, employment, health, _________, housing and services, environment and _________.

Answer: Income, education, crime