Volume 3, Number 2

1996 Indiana University - The Center for Adolescent Studies

Quiz

on Depression, Suicide, ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorders), and Eating Disorders

1. If you ask a person, "Do you feel like killing yourself?" this will increase the chances of a suicide attempt.
   
   
2. Teens who try to kill themselves are depressed.
   
   
3. Most suicide attempts are made by females.
   
   
4. Adolescents who have attentional, learning, or conduct disorders are at a higher risk for depression.
   
   
5. Those with ADHD have a short attention span.
   
   
6. Medication can cure ADHD.
   
   
7. ADHD is usually outgrown by late adolescence.
   
   
8. Anorexia causes death in 1 of 10 sufferers.
   
   
9. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are only psychiatric disorders.
   
   
10. Bulimics tend to be extremely thin.
    
    
11. 90% of eating disorders occur in females.