Mental Health 1
What do you do to relieve stress?
Answers will vary.
Who can you reach out to in schools to help with a Mental Illness?
Who is a Guidance Counselor, Teacher, Principal, or any other trusted adult within your school community.
What is a cause of stress?
What is school, family life, friends, peer pressure, and other answers may vary.
What do you do when you feel stressed?
Answers will vary.
These can be used to reduce stress and improve our mental wellness.
What are Coping Skills?
True or False: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of stress for many people.
True
True of False: Being isolated from others is healthy.
False.
True of False: Online Learning has been more stressful for most than in person learning.
True
From your personal experience, what was the most stressful part about adapting to the pandemic?
Answers will vary.
List three coping skills
What is listening to music, talking to someone, going for a walk, and other answers may vary.
7.7 million children in the United States have this.
What is a mental health related diagnosis.
How do you cope with your emotions?
Answers will vary.
In 2018, what were the two most common mental health disorders?
What is Depression and Anxiety
What is one of the struggles you face during the start of this school year?
Answers will vary.
Name two Mental Health Disorder we watched in the "Breaking the Stigma" video?
What was the main cause of stress during virtual learning?
Answers will vary.
Do adults always seek treatment for moderate depression?
No
True of False: Parents are always able to help their children with their schoolwork?
False
Mental health _________ is when a person is viewed in a negative way for having a mental health diagnosis.
What is a stigma
True or false: mental wellness is the only type of wellness.
False.
What were some challenges for students during virtual learning?
What are technological issues, in-person support/help, poor internet connection, slow equipment, home distractions, lack of structure/routine.
Name one unhealthy way of coping with your emotions.
What are drugs, alcohol, harming yourself physically (ex. cutting), and other answers may vary.
Who are your trusted adults?
Answers will vary.
How many Americans suffer from a mental illness
1 in 5 Americans
Besides mental wellness, name three other types of wellness?
What is physical wellness, emotional wellness, and social wellness.