1. Mental Health Promotion
What helps people be more mentally healthy?
What makes people be less mentally healthy?

2. ‘Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.’ World Health Organisation

3. Things which make it harder to have good mental and emotional health
Stressors
Things which make it harder to have good mental and emotional health

4. Things which encourage good mental and emotional health
Supporters
Things which encourage good mental and emotional health

5. There are stressors and supporters which affect us as individuals
Things we do
Things that other people do to us

6. Community
There are stressors and supporters in our communities, friendship groups, neighbourhoods, schools and workplaces
What there is to do
What kinds of behaviour are encouraged

7. There are stressors and supporters in our society
Attitudes
Prejudices and tolerance
Fairness and unfairness

8. Some of these can be changed and challenged
We can all do something to promote mental health!