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3.1 Key Concepts

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Question 16

What is meant by diagnostic overshadowing?

[1]
A

Physical symptoms are wrongly put down to a person's mental health problem.

B

A diagnosis is delayed because a person expects to be judged.

C

A person applies negative stereotypes about mental illness to themselves.

D

An employer refuses to make reasonable adjustments after being told about a diagnosis.

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3.1 Key Concepts Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /3.1 Key Concepts

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.

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