Research exploring young people's perspectives on mental health is at an early stage of development and fewstudies have focused in detail on mental distress or illness. These paper reports findings from a qualitative study

which used case vignettes in group and individual interviews to explore the ways in which the young people

who took part constructed their understanding of what constitutes mental illness. In essence, they did so by

drawing on their own experiences to distinguish between behaviours with which they could identify in some

way and those with which they could not. An overview of previous relevant research (10)….. in the

Introduction, (11) ….. by a description of the methods and sampling strategies used. The main findings of the

study (12)….. in relation to the ways in which young people defined unusual behaviour, their understanding of

the behaviours associated with different mental health problems and their attitudes to the people concerned.

Finally, some ways in which health promotion might build on the findings are (13)….. and discussed.

10. A. provide

B. provides

C. is provided

D. are provided

E. providing

11. A. follow

B. follower

C. followed

D. following

E. Is following

12. A. present

B. presents

C. presented

D. presenting

E. are presented

13. A. identify

B. identified

C. identifying

D. is identified

E. are identified
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