1. Review of Mental Health
Amber Trails Community School

2. Mental Health What do you remember from last year about Mental Health?
In small groups/partners discuss how you would define mental health. Share with the group.

3. Mental Health Refers to the health of your brain
Is the Ability to Work, Love and Play
Includes having the Capacity to successfully adapt to the challenges that life creates

4. The Inter-relationship of mental health states

5. Do you know game?
a) About_____________ of every 100 children and adolescents ages 9 to 17 will experience some kind of anxiety disorder.
a) 2 to 5 b) 10 to 12 c) 13 to 15 d) 7 to 10
b) Approximately ____________________ percent of youth, age 12 to 19 have experienced a major depressive episode.
a) 5 b) 15 c) 17 d) 11

6. Answer to question A is C
Answer to question B is C

7. C) When someone is experiencing a depression they may feel down, hopeless or find that they are unable to enjoy things that they used to like.
T or F
D) List six type of changes we may see in someone’s thinking, feeling, behaviour if someone was experiencing a depression (hint, having difficulty concentrating is one).

8. Answer to C is True
Possible Answers to D are:
Eating Sleep
Movement Energy
Feelings of pleasure Feelings of worth
Feelings of hope Ability to concentrate
Ability to make decisions Interest in activities

9. E) What is the difference between being sad and being Depressed?
F) List three things we might see, or someone might say they are experiencing, when they are experiencing anxiety (hint, sweaty palms is one)

10. E) There seems to be no real reason for your sadness
If the sad and low feelings last a long time
If symptoms and feelings interfere with your daily routine
F) red face/feel hot headache
dry mouth blurred eyesight
lump in throat shaky voice
Butterflies in tummy heart beats faster
sweaty hands difficulty breathing
jelly legs want to go to the toilet

11. G) What are four of the ways we discussed that you can help to boost your positive mental health (hint, one was spending time outdoors)?
H)What are three synonyms for Anxiety (hint, worry is one)?
I) List two people/places/agencies you can to go in order to get help>

12. G) Spending time outdoors, getting your zen on, spending time with friends, eating well, sleeping well, exercise, find balance, do things you enjoy
H) synonyms: worry, concern, apprehension, apprehensiveness, uneasiness, unease, fearfulness, fear, disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, perturbation, agitation, angst, misgiving, nervousness, nerves, tension, tenseness;

13. Talk to a trusted adult/parent
Doctor
School Counsellor
School Team
Kids Help Phone
Klinic
Manitoba Suicide Line
Macdonald Youth Mobile Crisis

14. Video about Depression

15. Video about Anxiety

16. Video about benefits of spending time outdoors

17. Gratitude Circle
Form a circle and share something you are grateful for