Protective Factors
Get enough sleep
What are healthy practices?
Talk about issues as a family
What is good problem solving skills?
What is having a good social support system?
What is parental/familial support?
"You did a good job."
What is parental/familial support?
What is feeling close to at least one adult?
What is high self esteem?
Living in a homeless shelter
What is ongoing stress and anxiety?
or
What is economic insecurity?
The initial help given to someone experiencing a mental health problem before appropriate treatment and support are obtained.
What is Mental Health First Aid?
Practice meditating
What is a health practice?
or
What is spirituality?
Exercise
What is a healthy practice?
Have dinner together as often as possible.
Physical abuse
What is stressful event, abuse or trauma?
The % of youth who experience a mental disorder
What is 20%?
Participate in a sport
What is a healthy practice?
or
What is availability of constructive recreation?
Friend them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter
What is monitoring of youth's activities?
"How was your day?"
What is parental/familial support?
or
What is monitoring of youth's activities?
What is previous episode of mental illness?
Half of all mental disorders begin by this age.
What is 14 years?
Pick your friends wisely
What is having a good social support system?
A cluster if negative attitudes and beliefs that causes people to fear, reject, avoid and discriminate
What is stigma?
Knowing your child's friends
What is monitoring a youth's activity?
Diagnosis of childhood leukemia
What is illness that is life-threatening, chronic or associated with pain?
A Mental Health First Aider follows this action plan
What is ALGEE?
Volunteer
What is community bonding?
or
What is having a good social support system?
A young person is less likely to develop a mental health or substance abuse disorder if they have these.
What are protective factors?
Hiring a math tutor
What is encouraging academic performance?
Considered one of the most powerful risk factors for many mental health disorders.
What is trauma?
What is feeling close to at least one adult?