Mental health ally quiz for middle schoolers.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🧠 Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.
• 🤝 Being an ally means supporting and standing up for someone. A mental health ally supports people who may be struggling.
• 👂 Active listening involves paying close attention to what someone is saying without interrupting and showing that you understand.
• 🗣️ Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
• ⛔ Stigma is a negative attitude or belief about a group of people. It can prevent people from seeking help for mental health issues.
• 💡 Self-care involves taking actions to improve your own mental and physical health.
• 📢 Knowing resources involves being aware of where people can get help for mental health concerns, such as school counselors or trusted adults.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following BEST describes mental health?
   1. A) Only when you are feeling sad.
   2. B) Your emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
   3. C) Just your physical health.
   4. D) How well you do in school.
2. What does it mean to be a mental health ally?
   1. A) Ignoring someone who is struggling.
   2. B) Supporting someone who may be struggling with their mental health.
   3. C) Giving medical advice.
   4. D) Telling everyone their secrets.
3. What is active listening?
   1. A) Talking over someone.
   2. B) Paying attention and showing you understand what someone is saying.
   3. C) Thinking about what you will say next.
   4. D) Multitasking while someone is talking.
4. What is empathy?
   1. A) Feeling sorry for someone.
   2. B) The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
   3. C) Ignoring someone's feelings.
   4. D) Telling someone to "get over it."
5. What is stigma?
   1. A) A positive attitude towards mental health.
   2. B) A negative belief about a group of people, like those with mental health conditions.
   3. C) Supporting people with mental health issues.
   4. D) Understanding how people feel.
6. What is self-care?
   1. A) Only focusing on schoolwork.
   2. B) Taking actions to improve your own mental and physical health.
   3. C) Ignoring your feelings.
   4. D) Never asking for help.
7. Why is it important to know about mental health resources?
   1. A) So you can give medical advice.
   2. B) So you know where to direct people who need help.
   3. C) So you can ignore people's problems.
   4. D) It's not important.