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• Several important topics related to adolescence
1. The different changes you underwent as an adolescent
(physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, morally, and
psychologically)
2. The various challenges/problems that you face as an
adolescent
3. Stress and how this affects one’s physical health, and the
importance of coping as a strategy in dealing with stress
4. Understanding the left and right brain and how this help
improve your learning
5. Learning to make a mind map that helps you in organizing
ideas, brainstorming, simplifying complex ideas, and serves
• In this chapter, we will look at the concept of mental
health and well-being, and why this is important,
particularly to the adolescent, and to every person in
general.
INTERPET THIS BIBLE QUOTATION
MENTAL HEALTH
• It’s the way your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
affect your life.
• Good mental health leads to positive self-image
and in-turn, satisfying relationships with friends
and others.
• It also helps determine how we handle stress,
relate to others, and make choices.
• Having good mental health helps you make good
decisions and deal with life’s challenges at home,
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
1. Protective factors
• Sense of self-efficacy – one’s perception of one’s value and
worth, effectiveness, and ability in performing a task or
activity
• Mental health and well-being is also anchored on one’s self-
worth and value or self-esteem.
SELF-ESTEEM AND BODY ESTEEM
• Does any of this sound familiar?
• "I'm too tall."
• "I'm too short."
• "I'm too skinny."
• “I’m too fat.”
• "If only I were shorter/taller/had
curly hair/straight hair/a smaller
nose/longer legs, I'd be happy."
Are you putting yourself down? If so, you're not
alone.
1. Depression
2. Anxiety Disorders
3. Schizophrenia
4. Eating Disorders
5. Addictive behaviors (drugs and alcohol)
DEPRESSION
• Depression is a low mood that lasts for a long time,
and affects your everyday life.
• In its mildest form, depression can mean just being in
low spirits. It doesn’t stop you leading your normal life
but makes everything harder to do and seem less
worthwhile.
• At its most severe, depression can be life-threatening
because it can make you feel suicidal.
WHEN DOES LOW MOOD BECOMES
DEPRESSION?
• We all have times when our mood is low, and we’re
feeling sad or miserable about life. Usually these
feelings pass in due course.
• But if the feelings are interfering with your life and
don't go away after a couple of weeks, or if they come
back over and over again for a few days at a time, it
could be a sign that you're experiencing depression.
ANXIETY DISORDERS
• Anxiety is what we feel when we are worried, tense or
afraid – particularly about things that are about to happen,
or which we think could happen in the future.
• Anxiety is a natural human response when we perceive
that we are under threat. It can be experienced through
our thoughts, feelings and physical sensations.