Module 7. Mental Health

Mental Health
and
Well-being in
Middle and Late
Adolescence
Module 7
We All Have
Mental
Health
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You are not
your
Thoughts
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“Call it a clan, call it a
network, call it a tribe, and
call it a family. Whatever
you call it, whoever you
are, you need one.”
Jane Howard

WHAT IS
MENTAL
HEALTH?
MENTAL HEALTH
- includes our emotional, -also helps determine how
psychological, and social we handle stress, relate to
well-being. others, and make healthy
choices.
- affects how we think, feel,
and act - is an integral and essential
component of health.

MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH
• is a state of well-being in • is a state of complete
which an individual physical, mental and
realizes his or her own social wellbeing and not
abilities, can cope with merely the absence of
the normal stresses of disease or infirmity."
life, can work
productively and is able
to make a contribution to
his or her community.
Self-care activities
• are the things you do to maintain good health

and improve well-being.

SELF-CARE ASSESSMENT

Put a √ on the column that indicates your self-
assessment.
1 I do this poorly/I do this rarely or not at all

2 I do this OK/I do this sometimes
3 I do this well/I do this often
 I would like to improve this/I would like to do this
more frequently




IT’S TIME TO:
RESEARCH!
PLAY IT!
ACT IT!
DO IT! !
1. RESEARCH TOPICS & ISSUES
RELATED to MENTAL
HEALTH (personal experience)
2. Make a story out from the topics
you researched highlighting issues
and concerns about mental health.
3. Highlight ways & means to do-
away or overcome these negative
issues.
4. Be creative and realistic.
10 WAYS TO ENHANCE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
1.Connect with others 2. Keep your

perspective
• Having deep, meaningful
relationships helps mental • Emotion processing involves
health. Build a rich social being open to experiences
network by flexing your and accepting all your
communication skills. feelings and thoughts,
Really listen to others and including the difficult ones.
be genuine, sharing your
thoughts and feelings.
3. Develop positive 4. Live up to your values

habits
• Living a life consistent with
• Positive psychology has your values leads to
introduced the concept of improved well-being. Be
‘flourishing’. This is when aware of your own values –
you enjoy positive of how you would like to
emotions, healthy lead your life, behave
relationships, meaning towards others, and treat
yourself.
and purpose in life, and a
sense of accomplishment.
5. Be kind to yourself 6. Improve your work-life

balance
• Treat yourself with the same
• We all have many roles in life. You
kindness, concern and
might be a parent, a partner, an
support you’d show a good employee, a student, a daughter,
friend facing struggles. Rather a son or a sibling. It is easy to feel
than reproaching yourself, pulled between responsibilities
recognize that life is full of and it can be tempting to sacrifice
mistakes and inadequacies.. important parts of your life. This
can leave you less satisfied and
more stressed.
7. Laugh loud, laugh 8. Look after your body

often
• A good lifestyle supports
• Laughter really is good mental health. Research
medicine. Humor that suggests that a diet rich in
expresses positive emotion fruit and vegetables, and
and messages (rather than regular moderate exercise,
humor that puts yourself or boosts your well-being.
other people down), is good Making sure some of your
for your mental health. exercise occurs in green
spaces outside has extra
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9. Get enough sleep 10. Seek help when needed
• Getting quality sleep, and • There are many effective

enough of it, is essential treatments available for
for physical and mental people experiencing mental
health. Stress, worries, health difficulties.
big life events, changes to Psychologists have a range
of approaches that can help
shift work or daily routines
you with difficulties you may
and changes in home life face – and they are backed
can affect our sleep. by evidence.
The way to get started is
to quit talking and begin
doing.
Walt Disney

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• are the things you do to maintain good health

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1 I do this poorly/I do this rarely or not at all

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1.Connect with others 2. Keep your

3. Develop positive 4. Live up to your values

5. Be kind to yourself 6. Improve your work-life

7. Laugh loud, laugh 8. Look after your body

9. Get enough sleep 10. Seek help when needed

• Getting quality sleep, and • There are many effective

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