Year 11
Maintaining positive mental health into adulthood
This lesson will focus on how to maintain positive mental health into adulthood and what support is available to enable young people to achieve this. This lesson covers issues about mental health. If this is a sensitive topic to you, we recommend checking with a trusted adult before starting or doing the lesson with a trusted adult nearby.
Year 11
Maintaining positive mental health into adulthood
This lesson will focus on how to maintain positive mental health into adulthood and what support is available to enable young people to achieve this. This lesson covers issues about mental health. If this is a sensitive topic to you, we recommend checking with a trusted adult before starting or doing the lesson with a trusted adult nearby.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Importance of communication and connection
- Stress Bucket' analogy
- Mental health, referrals and treatment
Content guidance
- Contains subject matter which individuals may find upsetting.
Supervision
Adult supervision suggested
Licence
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these is not a relaxation strategy recommended for those living with Social Anxiety Disorder?
Box breathing
Mindfulness
Yoga
Q2.
Mental illness is not the same as mental health.
False
Q3.
Negate is a way of making something ____________
Effective
Q4.
Moving house, financial worries, childcare issues and having a heavy workload are all examples of everyday stressors. Will these happen to most of us at some point in our life?
No
Q5.
Stressors are expected or ___________ challenges we face in everyday life. Which word is missing from this definition?
Unwelcome
Welcome
7 Questions
Q1.
Which of the definitions below is the correct one for 'connection'?
___________ is the exchanging of information by speaking or writing.
Q2.
Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable and _________.
OK
Unhappy
Q3.
Stigma is a feeling of shame associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person. Is this definition correct?
No
Q4.
Which is an example of a good way to connect with people?
Calling someone once a month.
Contacting friends regularly through social media.
Sending an email to a friend only to share worries.
Q5.
Which of these could could add stress into our stress container?
Anxiety
Being late
Moving house
Relationship worries
Q6.
Which of these would NOT help to let stress out of our container?
Healthy diet
Rest and relaxation
Q7.
What is always a good starting point in maintaining positive mental health?
Avoiding meeting up with friends
Not answering phone calls