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MPU 3542
U4 ACTIVITIES (CAMPAIGN)
LECTURER: MRS.AGELIYA A/P MURUGAN
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U4 CAMPAIGN
AIMST UNIVERSITY
BATU 3½ BUKIT AIR NASI, JALAN BEDONG SEMELING, KEDAH DARUL
AMAN.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
It is a Mental Health Awareness campaign on the causes of depression and the
behaviour of the society towards it.
2.0 OBJECTIVES
2.1 Advocate the reality of mental health
2.2 Raising awareness of indicators of mental health issues
2.3 Providing tools to promote own mental well-being
2.4 Improve mental health by seeking help from friends or professionals
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APPENDIX A
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS : DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
26.11.2020
8:00PM – 9:00PM
INSTAGRAM
Time Event Schedule
02.11.2020 Forming Campaign committee
11.11.2020 Deciding campaign platform
18.11.2020 Poster and Survey Question Review
21.11.2020 Survey Update and Research References
26.11.2020 Instagram live and event post-mortem
APPENDIX B
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Library - Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi 011-51854571
researchers Kumar
- Ramnath A/L Muthoo John 010-3940051
Report Writing
- Ang Chong Hin 016-4916641
& Compilation
APPENDIX C
FINANCE / BUDGET
INCOME EXPENSES
No. Particulars
(RM) (RM)
1. Printing RM 5 X 10 person - RM 50
Total RM 50
Balance -
** Note: Proposals not adhering to the Appendix C format will not be
approved.
Prepared by;
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(Secretary)
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APPENDIX D
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APPENDIX E
Figure 1.2 Poster made to give the viewers the hint on the campaign
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……………………………………… (AGELYIA A/P MURUGAN)
(PRATHASHINI A/P KUMARAVELU) Advisor
Secretary
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Mr. Rajasegar Chandra
Ms. R. T. Letcimei Head of Division, Student Affairs
Counsellor & Deputy HoD Student Affairs Division
Clubs & Events Advisor, Student Affairs Division
REGISTRY
Approved by:
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CHANCELLORY
Verified by:
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Prof. Dr. Mohd Baidi Bahari
Deputy Vice Chancellor - Student Affairs, AIMST
University.
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BOOK 2
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MEETING
MINUTES
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Minutes of 1st Meeting
Date: 2nd November 2020, Monday
Singh
John
- Logistics:
- Surveyors:
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- Q&A:
Kumar
- Library researchers:
Kumar
- Jason Lian
- Spokesperson:
Chong Hin
2. All the members of the group have decided to go The specific effect of
depression that will be
on with a webinar that focuses on the topic: pressed on this webinar is
suicide.
‘Mental Health Awareness: Depression and
Suicide’.
3. The date and the platform of the webinar was Webinar will be held on
also discussed. The week to held the webinar has the 3rd week of November
already been fixed and the platform is ought to be The platform is soon to
discussed in the next meeting. be decided.
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4. The discussion on the role that comes with the The committee members
are aware of their roles.
post was discussed among the members. All doubts were clarified
and the progress will be
• Event Manager: to decide on the webinar discussed in the next
meeting.
platform and the sequence of speakers on
the webinar.
5. All members were reminded to write each a one All members are noted.
page long reflection before the start of this
webinar.
6. The meeting ended at 1.30pm. The next meeting All members are noted.
was scheduled to be on the 11th November 2020.
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Attendance: All present except Ramnath A/L Muthoo John and Ang Chong Hin
No. Description Remarks/ Action
1. The meeting started off with the vice secretary Eight members replied
taking attendance via replying a YES on with a YES while two did
attendance.
2. All the members of the group have decided to This change was decided
as webinars are given by
change the webinar into a talk entitled ‘Mental professionals.
3. The details of the talk were discussed and is as The details were agreed
by all members based on
follows: their availability of their
time on the day.
Date: 26th November 2020, Thursday
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4. • The progress of each tasks was discussed. The committee members
are aware of their roles.
Event Manager: the event manager was All doubts were clarified
and the progress will be
absent but the members had decided discussed in the next
meeting.
together on the platform to give the talk.
• Survey Monkey.
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• Speakers: started planning on various
methods to conduct the talk via Instagram
live. Also, researches were done for them
to support their key points in their talk.
5. The meeting ended at 12.30pm. The next meeting All members are noted.
was scheduled to be on the 18th November 2020.
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Minutes of 3rd Meeting
Date: 18th November 2020, Wednesday
1. The meeting started off with the members Two posters were agreed
reviewing on the posters that were sent on the
night of 11th November 2020 to be spread around upon and were used to
social media platforms.
spread the details of our
talk.
2. The library researchers have done readings and The key points were taken
looked up for key points to be given during the and put into the scripts of
talk. they also got current statistical reports to the speakers to be relayed
support the points. The references was from the during the talk.
internet and also articles closely related to the
theme of the talk.
3. The final amendments on the survey questions The survey was open for
one week before closing it
were done and all members had spread the to conclude the results to
be presented in the talk.
Google
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5. Another creative content poster was asked to be All members agreed upon
created in order to meet the objective of the talk
which is to spread awareness. the decisions and the
6. Instagram usernames of the members were taken All the members are
note of in order to tag one another related to our tagged in one another’s
project on social media platforms. post when related to the
project. Our lecturer was
also tagged on social
media with us.
7. The meeting ended at 4.00pm. The next meeting All members are noted.
was scheduled to be on the 21st November 2020.
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Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
updating the group with the overall survey note of for the talk
2. A registration link for created via Google Form The link was spread to the
for the participants to register. This would be
easy for the team to keep track on the attendees. public to confirm their
3. The talk was suggested to be moved to Facebook The details on all the
posters and our social
as some members do not have Instagram. The media platforms were
amended according to the
decision was made according to the majority. recent decision made.
follows:
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4. An idea was given for all members to participate The idea was not taken
in the talk. The idea suggested that every
member should have a word in the talk by into consideration as it
reading quotes or reading statistical information
relating to the theme to have all members could be risky if the
participate.
speakers internet
5. Newly designed posters were sent to the group The posters were agreed
with the updated details of the event platform
switch for the members to review. upon and were
6. A Facebook Live event was created with its invite The invite link is sent out
link.
together with the details
the
scheduled to be on the 26th November 2020 at and are keen for the event.
the
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Prepared by, Approved by,
………………… ……………………………….
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Minutes of 5th Meeting
Date: 26th November 2020, Thursday
accomplishment of the
talk.
December.
3. All members were each assigned a task to All members are noted
complete in the report. The allocation of task is as and aware of their tasks in
follows:
completing the final
report.
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• All members: A before and after The event report of the
talk is to be completed by
reflection, each a page and the peer the 13th December.
evaluation survey.
proposal.
report.
date.
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REFLECTIONS
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
ANG CHONG HIN (H20100976)
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
In this task, there is a total of 10 people in a group. Well, a WhatsApp group was
formed afterward and everyone assigned with own task, and mine is Report writer. The
discussion was done and our group decided to talk about depression. My role is to summaries
First of all, the biggest problem that I’m facing is that I was confused with the
assignment given as I’ve been in working life or more than 5 years and it’s hard for me to
cope with everything. But I'm thankful that with my friend's help, I was able to get an
spread the awareness of depression. I hope that everyone can work together and complete the
task.
Throughout this project, the skills that I’m expecting to gain is communication skill
which allows me to deliver the message to 3rd person. Furthermore, it allows me to obtain a
useful understanding and awareness of depression. Besides, this project also allows me to
develop my writing skills as evidence by writing an essay related to a specific topic. Good
writing skills can reflect a good understanding of the subject. The knowledge that I'm
expecting to gain gained the awareness on the important about depression. And whether the
depression is treatable or not. I’m also expecting that throughout this project I can be more
alert with surrounding people so that I can suggest them the solution when come to
depression.
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
cooperative learning that enhances the total output of the activity than when done
individually. Group work is sometimes difficult. Different people with different opinions may
not always agree with each other. Especially when dealing with people from different
backgrounds. However, my team works together to collect ideas from each other and
integrate them. At first, I felt a little confused about teamwork, but in the end, I felt as if we
were actually combining it. Initially, the team members were everywhere and had no
direction, but thanks to our chairman, we were able to catch our breath and thought that the
Overall, throughout this project, I gained the awareness on the important about
depression whereby if left untreated will lead to death. But fortunately, it is a treatable illness
as long as you looking for the right person to talk about it or go for psychotherapy. Every
person will get depression, that’s the fact. But it depends on how that person to go through it
and face with it. Depression can affect a person is many different ways and it can last for a
long period of time. Besides, I have also learned about sign and symptom of depression
which allows me to understand more about how a depression person feels like. I’ve also
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
learned about there are several kinds of depression throughout this project. This knowledge
and skills will be so helpful to me in future which how to deal with people and collaborate
with a group of people. Besides, this project also allows me to mix well in our society and be
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
business student. Since the pandemic was ongoing, all our discussions and meetings were
done online. I am glad that all my group members were as productive as expected. Since
mental health was the biggest issue after the COVID- 19 pandemic, we brainstormed together
and decided to go on with a talk entitled, ‘Mental Health Awareness: Depression and
Suicide’. There were many suggestions as to having a survey to see the society’s mental
health status. I chose to be a vice secretary as I would love to write minutes and write reports
for my project.
In the next meeting, our group discussions were mainly focused on where to held the
talk. Some of our group members started becoming passive that we had a really hard time in
making decisions. They do not voice out their opinions and sometimes would leave open
discussions hanging. I was so glad that after setting a meeting that made them compulsory to
attend, the members actually turned up and showed some initiative in helping out with this
project. However, there were still some passive members in the group but nevertheless I was
glad the majority of them were on the same boat with me.
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
Preparations were done and in alternate days we would communicate in the
WhatsApp group to clarify things and try to help each other out to complete the project. Some
of my group members would directly call me to share their ideas and some would voice them
out in the group. I was grateful for the feedbacks that the senior members have given when
there were flaws. I was glad to see us growing together as a group although we have not met
one another. As the day of the talk approached us, we started using social media platforms to
spread the word around. It was a blast as there were many promising responses and I was
really thankful for the support that my friends and family had for me in this project.
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CALYN ANNE TAN (H20100964)
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
26th November, 9.30pm the talk ended with a blast. Two speakers from the group
bravely opened up and shared their experiences during the talk. The talk was slightly delayed
as there were some technical errors. I was feeling nervous as I thought this talk would be
cancelled but thankfully it was immediately moved over. All I had to do was type out a notice
and spread them around as fast as I could to inform our audiences about the changes so they
will not miss the talk. It was an eye- opening talk as not only did I know what depression was
like, I also learnt on how to handle them. This U4 project definitely does not put its impact
I was really glad that the audience were fantastically enthusiastic with their questions.
As the live came to an end, we had a really heart- touching moment in our WhatsApp group. I
was really glad that all my efforts were acknowledged by my group members. I believed we
did this project together. Although at first, they were all passive and silent and only a yes or
no comes out occasionally from them, I was glad as time began to pass, there were more to
the parts of the project we had to complete with one another’s help and that has made us
Although only two members spoke during the talk, I know that almost everyone has
done their fair share of their work before the talk even began. I felt although I was nagging
and dragging everyone almost every day to complete their tasks on time, I am really proud of
every and each one of us that we have done an astonishing job leading to a successful talk to
spread awareness. Now that the talk is over, I am at most focus on writing the meeting
minutes and also completing the last of the works left for this U4 project. Overall, I’m
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thankful for my team, my lecturer and all the experiences I have gained throughout this
project.
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
This would be the first time I’m hearing about U4. I was a little nervous to attend the
class because there were almost 200 students in it. When our class were grouped with
engineering students, I was a little nervous as I have social anxiety but once we got to know
each other, I was quite at ease as they were approachable. We decided to do campaign based
During this pandemic, depression has become a common mental issue in our
community, it is crucial to acknowledge this condition rather than ignoring it. Our society has
stigmatized mental health issues into something negative that people are scared to voice out
what they feel inside. We decide to go through this campaign to break the stigma and to instill
that it is okay to be upfront about their feelings. Everyone cooperated in doing their task
use social media to conduct our campaign. I would really like to thank Ms.Agelyia to give us
the opportunity to conduct this campaign and it is a great platform to show our potential.
we decided to have a talk on depression and planned to hold our talk on 26 th Nov 2020.
Salinder and I had our rehearsal talk before the day. We had an eye-opening conversation on
our personal experiences and we learned a lot. Our group created some cool posters too to
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PRATHASHINI A/P KUMARAVELU (H20100979)
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
So, the talk was done and dusted. We had a hiccup during our talk. Facebook was
having connection problem, so we quickly switched to Instagram and went through with talk.
I truly feel honoured to be an advocate for depression and we got a great response from the
audience. Depression is a touchy subject for me, to talk about it I had to brave myself and
openly talk about my experiences. It really made me to see myself in a different light. I was
really proud of myself looking back at how far I have come. This U4 project is truly a
blessing to me.
The audience were enthusiastic with their questions and also answering our questions
m at the comment section. As the live came to an end, it was really a relieve for me because I
was so nervous to put myself out there and be vulnerable. At the end my effort was rewarded
with the overwhelming response from my family and friends. I was so glad that I have a great
support system. After the talk we all appreciated each other for their effort into making it
happen among our group members. It truly would not happen if it wasn’t for the teamwork.
Although at first they were all passive and silent and barely a word response from them,
us.
One day, I wish to have the opportunity carry out a campaign similar to this physically
when the pandemic is over. Overall, I’m grateful my lecturer and team members for providing
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
“The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s
grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible.” My indelible journey
ability to explore beyond set boundaries in which this project has undoubtedly transformed
me into a different person when I was first selected as the chairman of the project. Anyone
who has been in the same shoes would agree that in some way this idea of raising awareness
challenges them to push their limits and to overcome what was once their weakness.
The awareness campaign started off with a quote of “Learn from yesterday, live for
today and hope for tomorrow”. This quote left me thinking that there cannot be any health
without a healthy mind for a better tomorrow. There is no doubt that society is dynamic, and
it has changed its view on many of the issues with passing time. Mental health is one such
issue which were neglected for quite a long time until the rise of pandemic attack. This
relatively simple idea reached out to get my attention and hit me to my core. Soon, I started to
wonder myself, if this corona period is to be a big alarm, then it is definitely a wake-up call to
invest in human capacity with a holistic approach. So, first we created a group and started to
work on this issue. As we proceed, I was surprised to learn that there are different depression
stages. I also realized that whatever I learned from my Nursing subject was very much
interrelated with mental health too. Despite the post I carried was filled with tremendous
pride for my accomplishment in an initial semester, but that moment was short lived as the
actual realization of the daunting task of performing my role as organizing chairperson and
event manager kicked in. I couldn’t have made through without my peers.
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
socializing, keeping track on peers, and the latest news that was going on around the world
together with raised concerns on own family members for mental health wellbeing especially.
My role could not have been carried out without their continuous guidance and wisdom while
making time to finalize the project. Here, I found the true meaning of life together with the
importance to really look through our circles where there might be someone who is in need of
help not in terms of luxuries but continuous emotional support. This project took a turning
point in making things an ease in my life as I learned how to solve matters effectively while
staying chill even if a single network problem can become overwhelming. ‘No pain, no gain.
Every cloud has a silver lining.’ This statement takes action in situations as I come to the end
In the past, I used to wonder that doctors in the primary care is the first medical person
that patient will come and complaint about their depression symptoms or any other illness.
However, if most of the people are failed to be diagnosed, this brings upon large number of
undiagnosed depressed people which wasn’t seen as severe until the coronavirus outbreak. I
thought when better to start if not from the initial moment as a nursing student itself to
improve my knowledge and concepts for mental health practicum. Reflection allowed me to
improve the ability to move on, do better and to learn from experience through projects and
talks. “When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things:
- O.R. Melling
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U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
started our discussion, Salinder was our group leader. As during the RMCO period, our U4
event must be carries out online. So, we planned to make a live on the media social apps
In our first meeting, the meeting started off with the selection of campaign committee
members. I was assigned to give assistance on Sharbhan for Publicity and IT. In the 2 nd
meeting, we came out with the title “The Behavior of Society Towards Mental Awareness:
Depression”. And we decided to run the live using Instagram app at 26 th November 2020, on
Thursday, time is 8pm-9pm. Then I started my work on assisting Sharbhan for the E-poster
After a few meetings, I have learnt that proper planning and discussion are the basis to
complete an event. The group leader allocates the tasks to every member. We cooperate with
each other to make the preparation done in order to make our event runs successfully. This
event may enhance the member relationships when we are trying hard to complete our tasks.
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U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
I am Jason Lian from FECT, member of the Awareness on depression event. After the
talk, the talk was interesting and carried out successfully by Pratha and Salinder. They shared
their knowledge and experiences about depression. I have gained a lot of knowledge on
depression from them and able to give some helps for my family, friends or some people who
During this event, I learned a new skill on creating and editing posters since I never
had so much experience on touching this stuff. I was very thankful to have this chance to
learn poster editing with Sharbhan. This work make me understand that to completely done a
work, every tasks are important and not easily because without a complete task the work can’t
be done successfully.
Lastly, I have learnt how to work as a team efficiently, tolerance, comity, follow and
etc. It was a great experience for me because I am not really clear about depression before
this event. And all my group members are kinds, and reliable as they guide me sometimes
when I am having doubts. Finally, I would like to thank Ms. Agelyia to guide us throughout
the process and making our event to advance successfully. Thank you
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
MPU 3452 course is one of the SGFS courses taken by all students at AIMST
University. This semester we have been assigned to conduct a group case study on a mental
health depression. After getting this assignment, my teammates and I discussed and planned
to do a webinar and survey about mental health depression. While accepting this assignment,
I felt challenged because this is the first time, I did a survey and did not have extensive
experience in studying. However, the guidance given by my lecturer Mrs Agelyia Murugan
Teamwork collaborates with a team to achieve a goal or complete a task most effectively.
The team members need to possess high intelligence so that they can interact with each other.
To conduct this survey, we as a team gathered information about depression; how it disturbs
the victim, and the kind of situation they have gone through. It enabled us a smoother path to
complete our survey and helped us to overcome the obstacles to understand about depression.
Then we were able to organise our tasks on a tight schedule. My team members and I
came up with multiple questions regarding depression. Creating questions also make an
obscurity. Time management is essential in teamwork to use our time productively and
efficiently. Even though we have quizzes, tests, assignments, and mini-projects, we still
task. Without this skill, the task may incomplete at the end of the day. Then, organising task
also a significant key that every single person needed. This skill may help to do work in
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
After completing the survey, each member must carefully and systematically provide
activity planning by the survey’s objectives and purpose. This is important to ensure that
every group member benefits and experiences useful responses from the survey. Discussions
need to do between the team member’s accordance with the members’ interests and abilities.
This is important to ensure that the planned activity is appropriate to be implemented and to
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The most significant part of this task is the respondent’s valuable time. We had a
difficult time to collect 190 responses in a short period. We used WhatsApp as a medium to
share our Google form link. We gathered our responses from all categories such as
youngsters, teenagers and adults. We targeted students, parents, employers and jobless to get
a good result. When analyzing this survey, we have been concluding that age is not a barrier
apparent reference.
Then, a report has made to explain the survey shortly and straightforwardly. A
successful survey has provided us with a reliable answer to the question. This allowed me to
take data-driven actions based on hard evidence. Being rational is crucial when it comes to
group work. Rational persuasion requires us to be genuine to conduct this survey. Next is
punctuality. We were able to complete our task without procrastinating the time given by the
well, effectively and systematically. The survey cost is free, as we did not spend a penny to
conduct this survey. We hope that all the responses and knowledge gained while conducting
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
crew.Our preparation for this event is almost comes to the end even though our event has not
been carried out yet. Our group held many meetings to ensure that our preparation is good
enough for this event to be carried out successfully. The beginning for this event was a bit
overwhelming as we have to vote in order to come out with a common mutual idea for this
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event. Finally, everything comes to make sense several times of meeting as we gathered all
First of all, I have learnt that a proper planning and discussion is definitely the basis
for an event to be succeeded. Our group president distribute task to each and everyone to do
their part. Moreover, we also collect money from all our members to do some buying foods
and payment for boat. Secondly, I have learnt to compromise when making a decision. We
always discussed with an open minded until we successfully come out with the best decision.
Our friendship is enhanced through this event as we used to spend more time with our
members during the preparation process. I really appreciate the opportunity to know and
Last but not least, I would like to show my gratitude to our U4 advisor, Miss. Agelyia.
She is the one who always spend time to guide and lead us throughout this event. I hope we
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
I am Sharbhan Sivakumar from FECT, one of the members of this event- awareness
for depression. After the talk carried out successfully,we were very thankful and gained a lot
of experience. We were able to learn more about people. I found it quite intresting.
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Secondly, as a part of publicity team,I created certain posters themed depression. I
learned new skills since I did not had much experince in creating posters. I would like to
Thridly, I learned a lot about depression and the ways to help people who struggles
with it. I beleive I have developed good understanding skills and how to be a helpful and kind
to each other.
All in all, it was a wonderful experience for me because I learnt a lot . From this event
I learnt to work efficiently with a team, to comprise, to lead, to listen and most of all to be
grateful for the life I had been given. I would like to thank Ms.Agelyia to aid and guide us
throughout the entire process and making and making this event a successful one. Thank you.
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
in my second semester was a good one. All the activities connected to the course of U4 were
very important for my development as a student, researcher, and learner. When the subject
started, I thought it will be difficult for me as mostly the class will be conducted online. After
the briefing given by the lecturer, I can understand the aim of this subject. After forming a
group, we have some difficulties as we have to communicate mostly online with each other
and it ended up well. Firstly, we faced some difficulties to choose a subject to talk about as
it is the second major issue in our country and we think this is the right time to talk about it.
Then, we had meetings and discussions totally online which could lead to misunderstandings.
Despite the misunderstandings, all of us handled it in a good manner which makes the work
more efficient. Day by day, I had a better understanding of the methodology and the structure
of this work. I did my part as a surveyor along with my friend and we have met some
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challenges as well as we have to create proper survey questions and conduct the survey which
supports the research. After the survey results, we came to understand more about the topic
which we are going to talk about in our event. Then, the result also gave me a feeling of
satisfaction because it displays the respondent’s virtuousness in them as they are willing to
help the depressed. Furthermore, I came to learn more about depression and how society
copes with it. Moreover, I think it is more beneficial to work in a group as we can share ideas
and help each other which will make the work more productive and to do that we have to be
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
For our work, we decided to do a live talk on social media. Despite the minor
technical issues during the live session, the talk went smoothly and ended up well. Hereafter,
I hope the audience gets to understand the message we are trying to convey as we try to create
an awareness about depression among our audience. Moreover, we were happy and proud of
what we have done after seeing the audience comments on the talk. Depression is a thing that
we have to be aware of right now as we can see the suicide cases all around the world are
increasing due to this pandemic and it could induce the stress level in us. At this time, we
should stand shoulder to shoulder with someone we know throughout their depressive state
and I’m happy that I have contributed something to create awareness among the people. Then,
all of the group members assigned to do a report based on their part and compile all of it into
one. In the meantime, we were also assigned to do peer evaluation based on our contribution
to this assessment. Then, after finishing the reports and peer evaluations based on our works,
I’ve felt relieved and slightly satisfied after what we have gone through this semester. Lastly,
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I’m very fortunate to end this work with our group as I came to learn about leadership and
teamwork qualities from my group members which helped me go through this subject. I think
patience and a little bit of kindness in my group members helped me finish this coursework
smoothly.
U4 REFLECTION (BEFORE)
I was grateful enough to have seen and studied the making of the project and several
different sides of what goes into the project through my assignment experience with my u4
groupmates which I gave my roles more insight into different types of challenges and duties
that I could perform, as a group member. The first class of the U4 topic was held online and
the lecturer briefs us on the purpose of this topic. The lecturer assures that we are involved in
online classes and the lecturer also gives us the group assignment. Reflecting on the group
assignment and the first meeting for me and my group members, it was been a good
discussion among our team. We had discussions related to the task and then I was handed my
role to work on which they had asked me to do library research relating to the topic of
depression so that we can conduct a live social media session to raise awareness about mental
health issues to the public. I started to find the key points for the talk that will be helpful for
the speakers and without contradicting with survey results done by my group members.
Additionally, I have also done a dual role that the second role is for the Q/A section that to be
prepared with any questions that are bound to be received on the day of the webinar by the
audience. But unfortunately, the group members decided to do a talk rather than doing a
webinar because they felt that the webinar is for the professionals. Furthermore. I was happy
to contribute myself as much as I wanted to where I share suggestions and ideas with the
team. Moreover, I started researching for my assignment and I did my part as a researcher and
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provided the key points to the speakers to be presented during the talk with statistics for
depression in Malaysia and from the World Health Organization. Following that, I realized
how much have learned and absorbed the knowledge on depression and this discovery
U4 REFLECTION (AFTER)
Later, related to the live session, we conduct our talk on social media and it all ended
great. Our goal is to reach the awareness of depression to them and as a team, we were
delighted and pleased after seeing the public feedback during the live session. One in five
people will be facing depression at some point in their lives. And with the coronavirus
pandemic and unstable economy, many are facing this trouble right now. Moreover, these
people need a piece of advice and hope from people who willing to help them. I am glad that I
have helped these people by creating awareness virtually to society on social media platforms
and I hope the audience gets the benefit from the speakers during the live session. After the
live session, we had a decent meeting about the talk. I have assigned by my groupmates to
send all the researches as an attachment that I have done regarding the topic. Meanwhile,
based on our commitment to this project, we were also assigned to fill the peer evaluations.
The research process and follow-up of this project provided me with a good opportunity not
only to learn about a depression topic but also to make a unique contribution to that topic. I
think I have made a meaningful contribution to the betterment of society. I had been happy to
finish the assignment along with my group members and I learn this project gave me a fresh
insight into group work and a chance to learn teamwork skills. The persistence and
encouragement from my teammates make me finish the assignment on time. I will appreciate
the effort that my team gave for the entire work and completed the assignment successfully.
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BOOK 3
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EVENT
REPORT
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: DEPRESSION AND THE SOCIETY
The live talk at Instagram on 26th November 2020 ended successfully. The speakers
delivered the content constructively. There were 187 viewers who participated actively during
the live. Some viewer named their question to clear their doubts or misunderstanding. Most
popular question inquired was about the 3 stages of depression and how can they help to
overcome them. The speakers answered the viewers questions clearly and positively.
Throughout the live session, participant received the information about how to overcome
depression in daily life. By doing this live on Instagram, the poster also has been shared in the
Instagram page and a word of mouth passed around of this event, in which there was a good
number of participants who turned up for the live event. Overall, the campaign was a success.
serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, think, and act. Fortunately, it is
also treatable. Depression can cause you to feel sad and lose interest in any activities you
have enjoyed. It can cause various emotional and physical problems, and can reduce your
ability to do even simplest activities like waking up from bed and showering. In our society,
most people sometimes feel sad and depressed. Normal sadness will disappear by itself over
time. However, depression is completely different from a bad day. Depression can trigger any
event or event anytime, anywhere, and can last for a long time. For instance, when one loses a
loved one, move to a new place or have family problems. Depression may be accompanied by
another health problem. it can't just escape or overcome it by oneself. So, this is why
depression is a real health problem. People experience depression in different ways. Some can
hide their feelings and smile and go on with everyday life while some find it hard to even do a
simple task. Depression may interfere with our daily productivity. It may also affect
interpersonal relationships with the people around them like family and friends. Depression
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can be also caused by a certain chronic health conditions like cancer, diabetes, lupus, and
AIDS.
As depression can be so difficult to understand with, it would look like a big tangled
ball of confusion. The speaker used the Storm to Sun Framework comprising of three "Zones"
which is considered from severe to mild one to give explanation on stages of depression
where people can figure themselves out of it. The storm zone is when your depression is at
worst. The speaker said that this zone is when it feels like a storm is raging in your mind
where simple tasks like getting out of bed or having shower feel like climbing a mountain. It
they may seem miserable and hopeless. Here, overcoming depression can seem impossible
and further treatment is needed. Next, when you are in the rain zone, the intensity of
symptoms and ability to function normally is seemed to be equally moderate. This is because
the storm in mind has calmed down or not yet started. Consequently, the person finds it easier
to uphold their responsibilities in daily life. However, they are prone to snap others easily
when sees red and interacting with others often feels overwhelming. As a result, there's
always a risk of them to fall into storm zone if early precaution is not taken. On the other
hand, when person is in the cloud zone, they feel somehow 'normal' as their days are mildly
impacted by depression. Anyhow they can function without becoming tired easily and are still
able to socialize around without isolating themselves. In the cloud zone, a person motivation
is at highest where they can do things that have been putting off during the severe and mild
zone itself. At any point in time, they may find themselves in one of the three zones explained
by the speaker and how much time spent to understand each zone gives a clear indication of
fivetier model of human needs. In these day and age, most people around us have everything
they need to sustain their life, yet they still fall into depression. People who are in their 20’s is
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more proven to be under depression and its known has quarter life crisis. This is the phase
where young adults try to determine their future. Some often gets sidetracked and lose their
sense of purpose. They would be very demotivated which very much leads to depression. The
hierarchy of needs model is suitable for evaluating the needs of patients with depression and
fulfilling their human potential. In addition, the stratified approach suggests that there will be
no progress on the highest needs of the model until the basic fears and needs of patients with
depression are addressed. Meeting these higher demands can be regarded as the ultimate goal
of treating depression. The levels of self-esteem and love/belonging are related to depression
patients. Due to the nature of depression, the person will feel low self-esteem, low self-
confidence and sense of accomplishment, and therefore cannot meet this need. In addition,
people with depression often become isolated and unsocial, and feel as if no one can
understand, love or care about them. Therefore, it will be difficult for them to meet the needs
of love and belonging. Consciously implementing Maslow’s hierarchy may increase the level
concerned with abnormal behaviors and development, but with the development of healthy
individuals.
When a person who is in depression tries to talk about it someone, most of the
responders would be dismissive towards the feelings of the person in question. The dismissive
responds could be in the form of “are you crazy”, “just get over it”, “do not use your trauma
as an excuse, no one said life would be easy”, “you are so dramatic, snap out of it” and “you
are just lazy”. Some people stigmatize depression as a weakness, but we should remember
that one cannot simply get out of trouble by being strong or a fighter. Depression may require
long-term treatment. Most depression patients can be treated with medication, psychotherapy
or both. Some people also misinterpret depression as a sadness. What is the difference
between depression and sadness? Sadness is a natural emotion that every person faces at
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stressful or somber times. Several live events can leave people feeling sad or unhappy.
However, when this sadness prolongs and there's no shoulder to cry on, the sadness takes a
turnover to something uncertain and unpredictable. Depression is not something that can be
surrounding them. It has an overpowering effect on many parts of a person's life that can
occur to any age and gender. If a person can survive tomorrow, just survive today.
" That's the thing about depression. A human being can survive almost
everything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it
compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a
Instead of being dismissive about a person’s feelings, the responders could say a few
encourage word lift the person up. The speaker suggested words like “ you are not alone,
we’re in this together”, “I’m proud of you for being vulnerable and sharing your feelings with
me”, “I hope you know how strong you are fighting through this” and “I love you” shows
someone that they are not alone and adds light in their darker moments. It must be
remembered that depression can come and go without warning. When you do some small
things, unexpected great uplifting may happen, and the same thing will happen. Depression
has a variety of symptoms. Once these symptoms appear, attention should be paid to them.
People should normalize talking about their feelings to prevent depression. Teens who are
interested in curbing depression should consider the proposed solution because it will help
cure them. They should understand that depression is a mental illness that may destroy their
lives forever. The 'golden question' was introduced as a strategy to combat depression. At any
hopelessness there's a simple yet powerful question that can be self-directed often works to
wonder which is "If my loved ones were in my position, would I be telling them the same
negative things that I'm currently telling myself like feeling of worthlessness? ". The reason
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this technique can be so powerful is because it has the probability of distancing oneself from
any negative thoughts and diverting them giving a realization that they have been really hard
on themselves all this while. This strategy indirectly helps them to be fairer and kinder to
themselves. So, reason with yourself, when you have lost your reason.
everywhere, in everyone and every room. Even if you can't see it, it still exists. It is known
that the universe will return what we put forward. If one put negative energy out the universe
will give the negative energy back. Same goes to positivity as well. It is known as the ‘Law of
Attraction’. This is a life force; you can easily understand it according to your daily situation.
Our perception of the world is what creates our life experience. Through practice, dedication
and decision making, the world can be seen from the perspective of "what can be done right"
rather than "what can be done wrong". Negative emotions and experiences allow us to grow
and avoiding them does more harm than good. Practicing a "grateful attitude" is proven to be
one of the effective ways to develop positive emotions. If you are satisfied with life including
unpleasant life lessons, you can invite more positive energy into life. Counting our blessings
will increase the value of one cherish in life. The things you think and focus on will grow.
Energy flows to your attention. Although you can’t force yourself to have fun or experience
fun, you can push yourself to do it even if you don’t like it.. Even if your depression does not
disappear immediately, you will gradually feel more optimistic and energetic when you make
Else than that, the speaker also spoke about the 5-4-3-2-1 mindfulness technique to
help a person to calm down that begins with comfortable body positioning including sitting or
laying down, together with a proper breathing mechanism rationale to promote relaxation. In
addition, the speaker also emphasized on using senses which includes things that are seen,
felt, heard, smell and respond on emotions. Colors plays a vital role in life where it influences
person's perspective and emotions. So surrounding oneself with the right colors can help them
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to improve mood, relieve stress and aids in getting a good night's sleep. Music can heal the
wounds, that medicine cannot touch. This statement showed that music has it's own healing
power where it makes up a positive and beneficial therapy especially in managing a host of
medical conditions like blood pressure. Practicing simple exercise of taking five things to see,
four things to feel, three things to hear, two things to smell and being mindful of one emotion,
can bridge the gap between us and our positive thoughts, and thus calming us down.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a large-scale traumatic event. It not only causes physical,
emotional and psychological distress for people infected with the virus. During COVID-19,
everyone is struggling in one way or another. Don't be afraid to ask for help or share your
experience with those around. When all uncertain things happen outside the house, keep the
indoors organized, predictable and clean. Setting up mental areas for daily activities can help
organize your day. For example, try not to eat in bed or work on the sofa as before—eat on
the kitchen table and work on the desk. Relaxing these boundaries will only throw your daily
work into chaos, and may make your day longer. In addition, a messy house may make you
feel uncomfortable and claustrophobic-so keep it tidy. Sleeping too much or too little,
skipping meals or exercise, and neglecting personal care will only contribute to your
depression. On the other hand, even if you get off work alone or off work, establishing and
maintaining routine tasks can add a touch of vitality to your day. Attempts include setting
exercise time, spending time outdoors, and communicating with friends every day.
To conclude, speaker ended the talk by giving the tools to make them feel better. 6
ways of making-self to feel better instantly was introduced. 15 minutes meditation was
recommended to calm their thoughts. Secondly, drinking more water in a day is encouraged
by the speaker especially right after we wake up. Thirdly, speaker instilled to eat healthy food
which known as higher frequency food to elevate our mood. Fourthly, the speaker to
recommended to exercise regularly as our body will activate biochemical release which will
make us feel good. Fifthly, the speaker advised the viewers to figure out what do they really
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want and expand their boundaries to realize their true potential. Finally, the speaker advised
to plan their daily activities as it will give the viewers a sense of accomplishment.
Figure 2.1: Poster about the causes of depression to enlighten the viewers on the
subject
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Figure 2.2: Sign & symptoms of depression of a person under depression
Figure 2.3: Instagram post on promoting our campaign to gather viewers for our talk.
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Figure 2.4: Poster to promote the campaign
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Figure 2.6 Poster made for invitation created on Facebook
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Figure 2.7: Screenshot of speakers during the live sharing their personal experience
on depression
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SURVEY
QUESTION
&
REPORT
Instruction: The survey should take 10 minutes, and need to select the answer below. We
assured that all responses are completely anonymous.
1. Gender
• Male
• Female
• Others
2. Age:
• Other
4. In the last week, how many times did you participate in deliberate exercise, (such
as jogging, walking, golf, fitness class, swimming etc.)?
• None
• 1-2
• 3-5
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• More than 5
5. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any problems with your work or daily life
due to your physical health?
• Yes
• No
• Don't know
6. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any problems with your work or daily life
due to any emotional problems, such as feeling depressed, sad or anxious?
• Yes
• No
• Don't know
7. During the past two weeks, how often has your mental health affected your
relationships?
• Very often
• Somewhat often
• Not so often
• Not at all
8. Choose 5 from the list below, that you believe are mental health conditions:
• Suicide
• Depression
• Flu
• OCD
• Eating Disorder
• Arthritis
• Self-Harm
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• Other: _________________
• Yes
• No
• Yes
• No
11. If you have a mental health problem, have you accessed support from
any of the following?
• Counselling
• Friends
• Parents
• Student support services
• none of them
• Other: ____________________
12. Have you ever felt unusually stressed out while at university or work place?
• Yes •
No
14. If someone you knew talked about their own mental health problems to you,
what would you do?
• Listen and talk things through with them
• Try to put it off and avoid them
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• Explain that you don’t feel comfortable talking about these issues
• Wouldn’t want to talk but advise them to make use of the support facilities
15. Overall, how would you rate your mental health?
• Excellent
• Good
• Average
• Poor
• Not sure
ABSTRACT
The quantitative study discovered the behaviors of society towards Mental Awareness:
from the general public. The findings of this study indicated that how people react towards
mental awareness in society. The result discussed in terms of the respondent’s perception of
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This report is written as a replacement to complete a survey for MPU 3452 (U4 Activities)
course. This report was requested by course lecturer Mrs Agelyia Selvakumar. This survey’s
primary aim is to identify the respondents’ opinions on their mental awareness behaviors:
depression in society. The collected data has been gathering from 1st December to 20th
December 2020. The Methodology used to collect the data was through a questionnaire from
the date 10th November to 30th November 2020. The questionnaire distributed to 190 general
public in society.
A mental condition is a physical brain disease that disrupts thought, actions, energy, or
emotion, making it challenging to meet ordinary life demands. The study has been beginning
to discover the complex causes of these diseases, including biology, brain chemistry, brain
There is no sure way to avoid mental wellbeing. However, taking measures to control stress,
improve resiliency, and raise low self-esteem will help keep symptoms under control if we have a
mental illness. Check with our doctor or therapist to learn what symptoms can cause. Have a plan
so that we know what to do if the signs return. If we note any symptom changes or thoughts,
please contact our doctor or therapist. Consider involving family members or friends to search for
warning signs. Do not miss checkups or skip primary care visits, particularly if do not feel well.
We may have a new health condition, which must be addressed, or we may suffer side effects of
medication. Mental disorders can be harder to treat if we wait for ominous signs. Long-term
preventive care can also help prevent symptoms from returning. It is necessary to have enough
sleep, healthy eating and regular physical activity. Try to keep the routine normal. Talk to
primary care provider if having sleep problems or diet and physical exercise problems.
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1.2 OBJECTIVE
The study’s objective is to analyze the general public perception and their behaviors towards
1.3 METHODOLOGY
A Quantitative method was adopted in this study to gather a large size of information in a
short period. A formal list of questionnaires consists of 15 questions that have developed and
handed out to 190 respondents. The questionnaire consisted of two sections. Section A was
on the demographic information of the respondents. Section B had twelve questions regarding
the respondents’ perception of the general public’s mental awareness behaviors: depression in
society.
2.0 FINDINGS
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SECTION A: RESPONDENTS’ BACKGROUND
TABLE 1
MALE 42 23
FEMALE 143 77
OTHER 0 0
AGE
13-17 77 40
18-22 76 40
23-26 28 15
27 above 9 5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
DISABLED 0 0
RETIRED 0 0
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RESPONDENT'S GENDER
23%
77%
Male
Female
Others
GENDER NUMBER OF
RESPONDENTS
Male 42
Female 143
Others 0
The pie chart above shows the number of responders according to their gender. Three
different genders have been recorded, which are male, female, and others. The blue represents
male respondents, the red represents the female, and grey represents other respondents.
It is clear from the chart that the respondents who responded to the survey are not equal.
Meanwhile, male respondents accounted for 42, and female respondents accounted for 143. In
conclusion, the highest number of female respondents responded to the survey compared to
another gender.
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RESPONDENT'S AGE
77 76
80
70
Number of responder
60
50
40
28
30
20
9
10
0
13_17 18_22 23_26 27 above
Age
AGE NUMBER OF
RESPONDENT’S
13-17 77
18-22 76
23-26 28
27 above 9
The bar graph shows the often respondent’s age. Y-axis represent the number of respondents
while X-axis represent the age. The highest number of respondents was on age range between
13-17, which has accounted for 77 respondents. Next, the second-highest number of
It can be sawed from the graph the highest number of age range is 13 to 17 and above at 77
and this is a great deal higher than the age range 23 to 26 by 28 respondents. The lowest age
range is 27 and above, which has accounted for only nine respondents. In conclusion, the
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Chart Title
Retired
Employment
0
Disabled
Status
0
Work Part Time
5
Unemployed 11
Students 155
Work Full Time
19
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Number of reponses 180
RESPONDENTS
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
The bar graph above depicts the respondent’s employment status. Y-axis represents the
employment status, while X-axis represents the number of responses. The highest number of
respondents was a student who accounted for 155 responses. Next, the second-highest
number of respondents are who work full time which consisted of 19 responses.
It can be seen from the graph that the highest number of responders are students and above at
155 respondents out of 190 respondents. Meanwhile, full-time work status accounted for 19
respondents, which is fractionally higher than the unemployed status by 11 respondents. The
lowest employment status is work part-time, which accounted for only five respondents.
Then, disabled and retired employment status accounted for 0 respondents. In conclusion, the
Section B
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Question 4
43%
None
1-2 3-5
More than 5
TIMES OF NUMBER OF
PARTICIPATE RESPONDENTS
NONE 68
1-2 81
3-5 27
MORE THAN 5 14
The pie chart shows the participation in deliberate exercise. The pie chart has divided into
four segments of option: none, 1 to 2 times, 3 to 5 times and more than five times. The
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Next, the number of responders who responds to ‘none’ and 3-5 times of deliberate exercise
with 68% and 22%. The least times of participation is more than five option which accounted
for just 7% of respondents. In conclusion, the most general public is doing deliberate exercise
Question 5
14%
22%
Yes
No
64% Maybe
The pie chart illustrates the respondent’s problem with physical health. The pie chart divided
into three segments of options, which are yes, no and maybe. The option no is the highest
among all the other options, with 64% of respondents. The second highest segment was for
the option, yes, with just 22% of the respondents. Meanwhile, the maybe option turns out to
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be the least of the overall chart with 14% of the respondents. In conclusion, the highest
number of respondents not having a problem with work or daily life due to physical health.
Question 6
100
80
55
60
40 19
20
0
Yes No Don't know
OPTIONS
NUMBER OF
OPTIONS
RESPONDENTS
Yes 116
No 55
Do not know 19
The bar graph above depicts the problems with work or daily life due to mental health by the
respondent. Y-axis represents the number of responders, and while X-axis represents the
options. The option yes is the highest among all the other options, with 116 respondents.
It can see from the graph that the highest number of respondents recorded on yes option by
116 respondents out of 190 respondents. Meanwhile, no option accounted for 55 respondents,
which is a great deal higher than do not know option by 19 respondents. The lowest number
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of the option does not know, which accounted for five respondents. In conclusion, most of the
respondents have problems with work or daily life due to mental health.
Question 7
38%
Very often
Somewhat often
Not so often
Not at all
NUMBER OF
OPTIONS
RESPONDENTS
Very often 17
Somewhat often 42
Not so often 73
Not at all 58
The pie chart shows the mental health affected relationships in society. The pie chart divided
into four segments of option, which were very often, somewhat often, not so often and not at
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all. The majority percentage of the option was not so often, which is slightly higher than a
quarter. The second-largest segment was not at all option. It represented less than a quarter of
the option.
Meanwhile, somewhat often option accounted for with 22% respondence. The very often
segments were the least of all options by 16 respondents or 9%. In conclusion, society not so
Question 8
TYPES OF CONDITIONS
The bar chart above shows the respondents knowledge about the types of mental health
conditions when we ask them to choose five from the options given. Looking in closer detail
at the chart, the horizontal axis represents the types of mental health conditions while the
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From the options given, around 85.3% from 190 responses are Suicide, 95.3 per cent
responded to depression, 12.6 per cent responded to Flu, 58.4 per cent responded to
ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder (OCD), 74.2 per cent responded to Eating disorder, 9.5 per
cent responded to Arthritis, and 86.3 per cent responded to Self-Harm. Lastly, 5.7 per cent
responded to other answers than the option given. In conclusion, most of them are aware of
Question 9
HEAVY SMOKER
4%
Yes
96%
No
NUMBER OF
OPTIONS
RESPONDENTS
Yes 8
No 182
The pie chart illustrates the results of the survey in which respondents asked whether they are
heavy smokers or not. The blue part indicates ‘yes’ and the red part indicate ‘no’.
From the pie chart, 95.7% of respondents responded to ‘no’, and 4.2% responded to ‘yes’. In
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Question 10
ALCOHOL CONSUMER
22%
78%
Yes
No
OPTIONS NUMBER OF
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RESPONDENTS
Yes 148
No 42
The pie chart illustrates the survey results in which respondents asked whether they consume
alcohol or not. The blue segment represents yes, while the red segment represents no.
From the pie chart, 22.7% responded ‘no’, and 77.3% responded ‘yes’. In conclusion, it
shows that nearly three fourth of respondents did not consume alcohol.
Question 11
119
120
100 58
80 51
60 26
40 7 8
20
0
Counselling Friends Parents Student None of other
support them
services
TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
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The bar chart above shows the respondents answer on which of the following support they
can access when they face any mental health problem. The y-axis represents the types of
supports they accessed while the x-axis represents the number of respondents. There are six
different options: Counselling, Friends, Parents, Student support services, none of them, and
others.
Looking in closer detail at the graph, we can know that 62.6% of them stated Friends, 30.5%
stated none of them, 26.8 per cent stated parents, 13.6 per cent stated counselling and
followed by student support services which are stated by 3.7 per cent of respondents. Lastly,
3.6 per cent of respondents stated their answer in the ‘others’ option given. In conclusion,
most of the respondents are getting mental support from their friends, as most of the
Question 12
24%
76%
Yes
No
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Figure 9: Unusually Stressed Out While at University or Work Place
NUMBER OF
OPTIONS
RESPONDENTS
Yes 145
No 45
The pie chart illustrates the results of one of the survey questions in which respondents asked
that they ever felt unusually stressed out while at university/workplace. There are two options
given which are ‘yes’ or ‘no’. The blue segment indicates ‘yes’ and the red segment indicates
‘no’.
From the pie chart, nearly three-quarters of respondents are 76.3% plumped for ‘yes’ while
23.7% responded ‘no’. It shows that nearly three-quarters of respondents are getting
unusually stressed out while at university or workplace in the past two weeks.
Question 13
100
100 69 66 79
80 38
60
40 11
20
0
types of cause
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Figure 10: Cause of The Increased Pressure
NUMBER OF
TYPES OF CAUSE
RESPONDENTS
Financial worries/ student loans 38
Course work 69
Personal problems 100
Worrying about project due 66
Social worries including feeling
79
lonely/missing friends and family
Other 11
The bar chart above shows that the respondents respond to the cause of the increased pressure
they faced. The horizontal axis represents the types of causes, and the vertical axis represents
Around 38 responses are financial worries or student loans, 69 responses are course work,
100 responses are personal problems, 65 responses are worrying about project due, 79
responses are social worries including feeling lonely/ missing friends and family and lastly
6.1% of the responses are others than the options given. In conclusion, we can know that
mostly the cause of increased pressure of the respondents are personal problems.
Question 14
Figure 9: Their Reaction If Someone They Know Talked About Their Mental Problems
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NUMBER OF
THEIR REACTION
RESPONDENTS
Listen and talk things through with
175
them
Try to put it off and avoid them 3
Explain that you do not feel
0
comfortable talking about these issues
Would not want to talk but advise
them to make use of the support 8
facilities.
Based on the pie chart above, the respondents asked if they knew someone who talked about
their mental health problems to the respondents, what would they do. There are four options
given.
92.1% responded that they would listen and talk things through with them, 1.5% responded
that they would try to put it off and avoid them, 4.2% responded that they would not want to
talk about it, and they will advise them to make use of the support facilities. Lastly, none of
them stated that they would explain that they do not feel comfortable talking about these
issues. In conclusion, we can see that most of the respondents will listen and talk things
Question 15
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RATE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
Excellent
12% 12%
Good
10%
Average
33%
Poor
NUMBER OF
OPTIONS
RESPONDENTS
Excellent 22
Good 62
Average 63
Poor 20
Not sure 23
The pie chart illustrates the results of one of the survey questions in which respondents asked
to rate their mental health. There are five options: ‘Excellent’, ‘Good’, ‘Average’, ‘Poor’ and
‘Not sure’.
32.6% of responses are ‘Good’, 33.1% of responses are ‘Average’, 11.6% of the responses are
‘Excellent’ and ‘Not sure’ are 12.1%. Lastly, 9.2 % plumped for ‘Poor’. We can conclude that
CONCLUSION
From the survey that we took from 190 respondents for the past four weeks, we can get to
know our society’s mental awareness behaviors, mostly depression. Firstly, most of them are
aware of the mental health conditions, so it will be easier to determine if someone they know
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faces any mental issues. We know that most of the respondents are not related to substance
abuse, indicating that they are not facing any serious mental issues. Other than that, we can
see that most of the respondents are getting support from friends when facing any mental
problem as most of them are students while still some among the respondents are getting none
of the support as it is worrying. Three-quarters of them feel unusually stressed out while at
work or university, mostly due to personal problems, financial issues, and project dues. On
the bright side, we get to know that most of the respondents are willing to listen and talk
things through with someone they knew when trying to tell about their mental problems,
which shows that society is aware of depression and is willing to help people are depressed.
We know that depression is a serious thing, but it is treatable if someone is willing to help
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2. Share with them what they want to tell you, and let them know that you’re concerned
3. Try to encourage the depressed to get care or treatment and get them motivated.
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4. Recommend their therapies or hotlines such as “Befrienders” and “MENTARI”.
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PEER
REVIEW
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
Date: 16/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree).
Total the numbers in each column.
Ramnath A/L Muthoo John Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian
No
Evaluation Criteria
. B17030020 H20100964 H20100979 H20100973 E20030028
TOTALS 40 40 40 40 40
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar
No
Evaluation Criteria
. E20030022 E20030029 E20030031 E20030030
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
TOTALS 40 40 40 40
Feedback : Overall all the group member did their task well and manage to complete the whole project
Date: 13/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree).
Total the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Ramnath A/L Muthoo John Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian
No. Evaluation Criteria
H20100976 B17030020 H20100979 H20100973 E20030028
TOTALS 32 32 40 40 40
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
TOTALS 40 40 40 40
Feedback :
Date: 26/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree).
Total the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian Ramnath A/L Muthoo John
No. Evaluation Criteria
H20100976 H20100964 H20100973 E20030028 B17030020
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
TOTALS 28 40 40 40 26
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar
4
3 Completes group assignments on time. 4 4 4
4
4 Prepares work in a quality manner. 4 4 4
4
5 Demonstrates a cooperative and supportive 4 4 4
attitude.
4
6 Contributes significantly to the success of the 4 4 4 4
project.
TOTALS 40 40 40 40
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
Date: 27/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree). Total
the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Jason Lian Ramnath A/L Muthoo John
No. Evaluation Criteria
H20100976 H20100964 H20100979 E20030028 B17030020
TOTALS 20 40 40 32 21
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar
3
3 Completes group assignments on time. 4 4 4
4
4 Prepares work in a quality manner. 4 4 3
3
5 Demonstrates a cooperative and supportive 4 4 3
attitude.
3
6 Contributes significantly to the success of the 4 4 3 3
project.
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
TOTALS 40 40 32 32
Feedback : The saying " Rome wasn't built in a day, " shows that things are not usually done overnight but effort and time always enable a person to flourish making a project to it's perfection. It was a hard and bumpy road to make this event a
success. Most whom I gradded full has lots of meaningful contribution throughout the project without hesitation. Sharban, Pavithran, Prathashini and Calyn had their significant contribution to the event making it a complete success in a smooth
flow. When group task were divided to each member, besides those mentioned above, satish and sarvish also had some effort to get things done within the timeframe. However, Ang and Ramnath part was seen to be very nethical,irresponsible to
the task given and unorganized with least knowledgement either from both person in the group discussion and their part which considered to be important to the event -the report had to be redone by Prathashini and me myself. If to be seen they
had the least to no contribution at all, freeloaders are very much unacceptable as empel of time were given but,things we done by them at the eleventh hour. Overall, each member had their own opinion on the project making it a lively journey
upon completion.
Date: 20/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree). Total
the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Ramnath A/L Muthoo John
No
Evaluation Criteria
. H20100976 H20100964 H20100979 H20100973 B17030020
TOTALS 39 40 40 40 40
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar
No
Evaluation Criteria
. E20030022 E20030029 E20030031 E20030030
4
3 Completes group assignments on time. 4 4 4
4
4 Prepares work in a quality manner. 4 4 4
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5 Demonstrates a cooperative and supportive 4 4 4
attitude.
4
6 Contributes significantly to the success of the 4 4 4 4
project.
TOTALS 40 40 40 40
Feedback : All members were fully contributed and completed the tasks on time.
Date: 16/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree). Total the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian
No
Evaluation Criteria
. H20100976 H20100964 H20100979 H20100973 E20030028
TOTALS 27 40 40 40 40
Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Ramnath A/L Muthoo John
No
Evaluation Criteria
. E20030029 E20030031 E20030030 B17030020
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
TOTALS 40 40 40 27
Feedback :
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIETY TOWARDS MENTAL AWARENESS: DEPRESSION PEER EVALUATION
Date: 14 /12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree). Total the numbers in each
column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian
No. Evaluation Criteria
H20100976 H20100964 H20100979 H20100973 E20030028
TOTALS 26 40 40 40 40
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Ramnath A/L Muthoo John
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Helps to reduce conflict/ helps any problems
that may occur throughout the event.
7 4 4 4 2
TOTALS 40 40 40 28
Feedback: All the group members contributed well to finish this assesment.Some group members help me to clarify several doubts without hesitating in this task, and it's been helpful to finish this assessment.
Date: 19/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly agree).
Total the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian
No
Evaluation Criteria
. H20100976 H20100964 H20100979 H20100973 E20030028
TOTALS 40 40 40 40 40
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Ramnath A/L Muthoo John Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Shatish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar
No
Evaluation Criteria
. E20030022 B17030020 E20030031 E20030030
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1 Attends all group meetings 4 4 4 4
4
3 Completes group assignments on time. 4 4 4
4
4 Prepares work in a quality manner. 4 4 4
4
5 Demonstrates a cooperative and supportive 4 4 4
attitude.
4
6 Contributes significantly to the success of the 4 4 4 4
project.
TOTALS 40 40 40 40
Feedback :
Date: 14/12/2020
Write the name of each of your group members in a separate column. For each person, indicate the extent to which you agree with the statement on the left, using a scale of 1-4 (1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=agree; 4=strongly
agree). Total the numbers in each column.
Ang Chong Hin Calyn Anne Tan Prathashini A/P Kumaravelu Salinderjit Kaur A/P Hari Singh Jason Lian
No
Evaluation Criteria
. H20100976 H20100964 H20100979 H20100973 E20030028
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Helps to reduce conflict/ helps any
7 problems that may occur throughout the 3 4 4 4 4
event.
8 Listens to other members 4 4 4 4 4
TOTALS 29 40 40 40 40
Pavithran A/L Ganesan Sharbhan A/L Sivakumar Saarvish Kumar A/L Johnson Ravi Kumar Ramnath A/L Muthoo John
No
Evaluation Criteria
. E20030022 E20030029 E20030031 B17030020
4
3 Completes group assignments on time. 4 4 3
4
4 Prepares work in a quality manner. 4 4 3
4
5 Demonstrates a cooperative and supportive 4 4 3
attitude.
4
6 Contributes significantly to the success of 4 4 4 3
the project.
TOTALS 40 40 40 29
Feedback: Everybody contributed to the assesment very effectively. Although, there are some misunderstanding between the group members but all of the group members handle it in a good manner.
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