1. Mental and Emotional Health
By: Mr. Plumb

2. Journal Question
“What can you do to control your health”?

3. What is Health?
Health - the conditions of a person’s body, mind, emotions, and relationships

4. Dimensions of Wellness
There are 6 dimensions of wellness
Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Social
Environmental
Spiritual

5. Physical Condition of a person’s body
Examples: exercise, proper nutrition, flexibility, preventive care, avoiding abusive substances

6. Intellectual
Mind, involves curiosity and ongoing learning, to pursue and retain knowledge, think critically about issues, make sound decisions, identify problems, and find solutions
Examples: applying things you have learned, creativity, curiosity.

7. Emotional
Feelings, acceptance of your feelings and self-image, develop positive qualities
Examples: self-expression, self-control, self-evaluation, self- confidence

8. Social Relationships with others
Examples: ability to make friends, cooperate with others, involved with community, teamwork

9. Environmental Quality of environment
Examples: clean air, pure water, quality food, shelter, personal safety, safe working conditions, recycling, carpools

10. Spiritual Searching for meaning and purpose in human existence
Examples: beliefs, values, morals, religious beliefs

11. Dimensions of Wellness
What is this picture saying?
Worksheet

12. Behaviors Healthy Promotes health Prevents illness, injury, and death
Improves quality of the environment
Risky
Threatens life
Increases likelihood of illness and death
Harms quality of environment

13. Factors That Influence Your Health Status
Heredity
Quality of environment
Random events
Health care
Behaviors chosen
Quality of relationships
Decisions made
Ability to say no to wrong actions
Kinds of risks you take
Ability to bounce back

14. Class Work Write each dimension on a piece of paper
Rate yourself from 1-10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) on what you believe you are for that dimension
Explain why you chose that rating (give examples)
Do this for all the dimensions