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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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Which of these is not a relaxation strategy recommended for those living with Social Anxiety Disorder?

Yoga Box breathing Drinking alcohol or using drugs Mindfulness

1/5

Q2.Mental illness is not the same as mental health.

True False

2/5

Q3.Negate is a way of making something ____________

Effective Ineffective

3/5

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?

Yes No

4/5

Q5.Stressors are expected or ___________ challenges we face in everyday life. Which word is missing from this definition?

Welcome Unexpected Unwelcome

5/5

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Quiz:

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Which of these is not a relaxation strategy recommended for those living with Social Anxiety Disorder?

Yoga Box breathing Drinking alcohol or using drugs Mindfulness

1/5

Q2.Mental illness is not the same as mental health.

True False

2/5

Q3.Negate is a way of making something ____________

Effective Ineffective

3/5

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?

Yes No

4/5

Q5.Stressors are expected or ___________ challenges we face in everyday life. Which word is missing from this definition?

Welcome Unexpected Unwelcome

5/5

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Maintaining positive mental health into adulthood

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Which of the definitions below is the correct one for 'connection'?

___________ is when a person is linked to another person or network. ___________ is the exchanging of information by speaking or writing.

1/7

Q2.Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable and _________.

Happy Unhappy OK

2/7

Q3.Stigma is a feeling of shame associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person. Is this definition correct?

Yes No

3/7

Q4.Which is an example of a good way to connect with people?

Calling someone once a month. Contacting friends regularly through social media. Arranging a walk with a friend once a week. Sending an email to a friend only to share worries.

4/7

Q5.Which of these could could add stress into our stress container?

Anxiety Moving house Relationship worries Being late All of the above

5/7

Q6.Which of these would NOT help to let stress out of our container?

Rest and relaxation Healthy diet Isolating yourself

6/7

Q7.What is always a good starting point in maintaining positive mental health?

Not answering phone calls Sharing your worries Avoiding meeting up with friends

7/7

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Quiz:

Maintaining positive mental health into adulthood

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Which of the definitions below is the correct one for 'connection'?

___________ is when a person is linked to another person or network. ___________ is the exchanging of information by speaking or writing.

1/7

Q2.Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable and _________.

Happy Unhappy OK

2/7

Q3.Stigma is a feeling of shame associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person. Is this definition correct?

Yes No

3/7

Q4.Which is an example of a good way to connect with people?

Calling someone once a month. Contacting friends regularly through social media. Arranging a walk with a friend once a week. Sending an email to a friend only to share worries.

4/7

Q5.Which of these could could add stress into our stress container?

Anxiety Moving house Relationship worries Being late All of the above

5/7

Q6.Which of these would NOT help to let stress out of our container?

Rest and relaxation Healthy diet Isolating yourself

6/7

Q7.What is always a good starting point in maintaining positive mental health?

Not answering phone calls Sharing your worries Avoiding meeting up with friends

7/7

Lesson summary: Maintaining positive mental health into adulthood

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This was the final lesson in the unit Mental wellbeing: recognising problems and seeking support.

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