3.2.4.2.2 Social effects of significant mental health problems Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 8

The 20 questions

1. Which is a social effect of significant mental health problems?

   • Damage to a person's close friendships over a number of years
   • Difficulty concentrating during a single task at a particular time
   • Need for more social care provision in the community
   • Changes in an individual's sleep pattern over a few nights in a row

2. Which of these is an example of an economic implication of mental health problems?

   • An increase in national holiday time for every worker in the economy
   • Lost working days that reduce productivity for employers and the wider economy
   • A fall in prices for all goods and services sold across the country
   • A rise in the number of people who enjoy their jobs across the country

3. Why might increased crime rates be linked to significant mental health problems?

   • Mental health problems always prevent any form of criminal behaviour at all
   • Crime rates are unaffected by any social or economic factor in a community
   • Crime is caused only by the weather conditions in the local area each year
   • Some people with untreated problems may be drawn into offending behaviour

4. Which social effect would most directly increase the demand for public services?

   • A reduction in the number of hospital visits made in a typical year
   • A growing need for social care for people who cannot manage alone
   • A rise in the number of private clinics that have no patients at all
   • A fall in the number of people who need help from any public service

5. A council reports that more residents need home care because of mental health problems. Which social effect is this?

   • Increased need for social care across the local community
   • Higher economic output generated by the local region in a given year
   • Improved relationships between neighbours in the local area over time
   • Lower crime rates recorded across the whole of the council area

6. Which best describes the difference between individual and social effects?

   • Individual effects are felt by the wider community, while social effects are felt by one person
   • Social effects only occur when a person has a physical injury as well as a problem
   • Individual and social effects are always identical in every case that is studied
   • Individual effects are felt by the person, while social effects spread to the wider community

7. Which of these is an implication for the economy of significant mental health problems?

   • Increased workforce productivity across every industry in the economy
   • A rise in the number of people in full-time work across all sectors
   • Lower costs of all goods and services in the shops across the country
   • Reduced workforce participation that lowers the national output of goods and services

8. Why might the social effects of mental health problems be significant for governments?

   • They apply only to people who are not in any form of paid work
   • They can raise costs for health, social care and welfare budgets
   • They always reduce the cost of public services for the government
   • They have no impact on public spending at all in any department

9. Which social effect is most closely linked to a person being unable to work?

   • Greater physical fitness from regular activity during the working day
   • Higher personal income from the same job that the person has always held
   • Implications for the economy from lost productivity across the workforce
   • Improved relationships at work with colleagues over the course of years

10. A local area shows higher crime and more people relying on social care after a rise in mental health problems. What does this suggest?

    • Crime rates are always unrelated to any health issues in a local area
    • Social care is needed only for people who have physical illnesses and injuries
    • Mental health problems can have wider social consequences for communities
    • Mental health problems have no effect on the wider community in any way

11. Which outcome would most clearly reflect an implication of mental health problems for public services?

    • Shorter waiting lists for community support teams and local care services
    • Longer waiting lists for community support teams and local care services
    • Lower use of every public service because people stop needing help entirely
    • Fewer referrals to the local social care teams across the whole region

12. Which statement about the social effects of mental health problems is most accurate?

    • They can only be measured in hospital records and never in other data
    • They are identical in every country and in every year that is measured
    • They are restricted to the individual and never affect anyone else in any way
    • They can spread from individuals to families, communities and the economy

13. Why does the specification include 'implications for the economy' as a social effect?

    • Economic implications only apply to the individual families of the people affected
    • Mental health problems always increase national wealth for the whole country
    • Mental health problems can reduce productivity and cost society money
    • Economic implications do not depend on any health factors at all in a society

14. Which of these is a social effect rather than an individual effect?

    • Trouble concentrating on a single task at work for one person in particular
    • Difficulty sleeping well for a single person over a few weeks at home
    • Increased crime rates in a community over a period of several years
    • Loss of appetite experienced by a single person during a low mood

15. A researcher measures how many people in an area need social care after a mental health campaign fails. Which social effect is being tracked?

    • Improvement in the sleep patterns of individuals across the area
    • Damage to a single person's relationships with family members at home
    • Change in a single person's coping skills over a set period of time
    • Need for more social care across the area

16. Which implication shows the link between mental health and crime?

    • Rising offending where many mental health problems go untreated
    • Falling offending in areas where no treatment is ever offered at any time
    • Constant crime rates regardless of any social or health factor in a community
    • Crime rates that depend only on the number of police officers in an area

17. Why might a government invest in mental health services to reduce social effects?

    • Investment has no link to crime or economic outcomes in any community
    • Investment only benefits people who never have any mental health problems
    • Investment in services always increases the demand for social care services
    • Early support may reduce future demand on social care and crime services

18. Which situation would be an economic implication of mental health problems in a workplace?

    • A team with no change in output because nobody has ever taken time off
    • A team losing productive hours because several members are on long-term sick leave
    • A team gaining extra hours because several members took on paid second jobs
    • A team reducing its prices because all staff agreed to work for less pay

19. Which social effect might result from a rise in people needing community support?

    • A fall in the amount of money that is spent on health across the country
    • Lower strain on local services because there are fewer people in need
    • A decrease in community contact between neighbours in the local area
    • Greater strain on local services and their budgets

20. Which statement is best supported by the idea of social effects?

    • Mental health problems can have effects beyond the individual, reaching services and society
    • Mental health problems always reduce costs for every public service they touch
    • Mental health problems have no link to crime, care or the economy in any way
    • Mental health problems affect only the person who has the problem at all

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