At the beginning of a six-month conservation placement, Leila copes with the daily demands and maintains her friendships. Her employer then changes her to repeated night shifts, and she begins finding everyday tasks harder. After six weeks, her schedule is changed and she receives support from her family; she starts managing ordinary activities and meeting friends again.
Explain how the mental health continuum could be used to describe the changes in Leila's mental health during the placement.
69 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.1 Key Concepts, covering 3.1.1 Defining mental health and prevalence, 3.1.2 Incidence of mental health problems over time, 3.1.3 Effects of stigma and discrimination, and 3.1.4 Effects on wider society. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.