CHAPTER 7

MENTAL
HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING IN
MIDDLE AND
LATE
ADOLESCENCE
CHAPTER 7
MENTAL
HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING IN
MIDDLE AND
LATE
ADOLESCENCE
Mental Health
• is a “level of psychological well-
being, or an absence of a mental
disorder”
• it includes social, emotional, and
psychological well-being and has an
influence on how an individual
thinks, feels, and behaves
• it helps determine how people handle
stress, socialize with others, and
come up with decisions and choices
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING REFERS TO INDIVIDUAL’S STATE OR
CONDITION THAT IS FREE FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER

Ryff identified six features linked with optimal psychological

functioning:
• Self-acceptance
• Personal growth
• Purpose in life
• Environmental mastery
• Autonomy
• Positive relations with others
What is the importance
of mental health?
 Importance of mental health
**Mental health improves the quality of life.
Mental health strengthens and supports our ability to:

1. Have healthy relationships

2. Make good life choices
3. Maintain physical health and well-being
4. Handle the natural ups and downs of life
5. Discover and grow toward our potential
Factors that contribute problems to mental health issue

1. Family Situations
2. Socioeconomic Factors
3. School-related Factors
4. Biological Factors
 ‘Mental health’ and ‘mental illness’ are increasingly being used as if
they mean the same thing, but they do not.

Everyone has mental health, just like everyone has health.

As the World Health Organization famously says, “There is no health

without mental health.”

In the course of a lifetime, not all people will experience a mental

illness, but everyone will struggle or have a challenge with their mental
well-being just like we all have challenges with our physical well-being
from time to time.
Mental Health Disorder is an illness the affects that way people
think, feel, behave, or interact with others. There are many different mental
illnesses, and they have different symptoms that impact peoples’ lives in
different ways.

Mental Health Issues = Mental Health

Disorders
Mental Health Issues > Mental Health
Disorders
Mental Health Issues < Mental Health
Disorders
One study reports that one out of five adolescents has symptoms of mental health
problems (Knopf, 2008). The common mental disorders during adolescence
include the following:
Disorder Symptoms/Descriptions/Samples

Depression excessive moodiness, weeping, changes in eating and sleeping habits,

hopelessness, worthlessness, and expressions of wanting to hurting oneself
Anxiety Disorders Phobias, post-traumatic disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive
disorder
Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia, delusional disorders

Eating Disorders Anorexia, bulimia

Developmental Disorders Autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, learning disorder

Behavioral Disorders Oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder

Drug Abuse Drug dependent

What can be done to save
you from
possibly
developing
a mental disorder?
STAY MENTALLY HEALTHY!!!
 Acknowledge your emotions
 Build strong support system
 Watch over your physical health
 Do not be ashamed to seek for help
 Play, enjoy, and laugh
 Set realistic goals
 Find sources of inspiration
 Set times for meditation and relaxation
 REFERENCES:
Cleofe, M. (2016). Personal development. Makati City: Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

De Guzman, J. and Nicolas (2016), M. Personal development- a textbook and a workbook. Malabon City:
Mutya Publishing House, Inc.

http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/ask-us/whats-the-difference-between-mental-health-and-mental-illness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dEcMsz6Bas

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