MODULE 7 Mental Health and Well-being

Question 1

Mental Health “Red Flags” should be alert for

Answer 1

1. excessive sleeping beyonf usual teenage fatigue
2. loss of self-esteem
3. abondonment or loss of interest in favorite pastimes
4. an unexpected and dramatic decline in academic performance
5. wight loss and loss of appetite, which could indicate eating disorder
6. personal shifts and changes, such as aggressiveness and excess anger

Question 2

Key Mental Health Issues

Answer 2

Depression, eating disorders, substance abuse

Question 3

a serious medical condition requiring immediate treatment

Answer 3

depression

Question 4

symptoms of depression

Answer 4

-changes in sleep patterns
-excessive moodiness
-eating habits
-expressions of hopelessness or worthlessness
-paranoia
-self mutilation
-obsessive body-image
-excessive isolation
-abandonment of friends and social groups

Question 5

body image, anorexia, bulimia are what key for mental health issues?

Answer 5

eating disorders

Question 6

can become obsessions, resulting in startling weight loss, severely affecting the adolescents health

Answer 6

body image

Question 7

avoidance of food and noticeable changes in eating habits

Answer 7

anorexia

Question 8

purging (forced vomiting) after eating

Answer 8

bulimia

Question 9

alcohol, tabcco, illegal drugs

Answer 9

substance abuse

Question 10

state of well-being in which evey individual realizes his/her own potential

Answer 10

mental health

Question 11

“health” according to World health organization

Answer 11

state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease

Question 12

can help prevent mental health problems

Answer 12

social skills, problem solving skills, self confidence

Question 13

positive and good mental health

Answer 13

1. be aware of ways to cope
2. connect with others and express yourself
3. be physically active
4. ask for professional health if needed
5. be positive despite the odds
6. rest and sleep
7. be benevolent

Question 14

be aware of ways to cope

Answer 14

there are appropriate measures and practicing them will allow them to be resilient and tolerant

Question 15

connect with others and express yourself

Answer 15

we all need someone to talk to and provide us the boost to confront our daily life struggles

Question 16

be physically active

Answer 16

provides us inner strength

Question 17

ask for professional health if needed

Answer 17

there are certain people who can help us out and achieve inner peace

Question 18

be positive despite the odds

Answer 18

fight by feeling and thinking that everyhting is ‘under control’

Question 19

rest and sleep

Answer 19

an exhausted mind demands rest. it is through sleep we heal

Question 20

be benevolent

Answer 20

be good to yourself and to others

Question 21

being able to have some few initmate friends to whome we can share a part of ourselves.

Answer 21

healthy mind