1. Chapter 3 – What is Mental Health?
Lesson 1
Vocabulary – Mental Health, Feedback
Write as many words as you can think of that describe a person with good mental health

2. Mental Health Much more than not being mentally ill
There are varying levels of mental health
Self esteem is critical to mental and emotional wellness

3. Your Mental Health
Being able to cope, adapt, and thrive on many areas (makes good decisions)
It is important to keep a check on your level of mental health

4. Roadblocks to Mental Health
All or nothing thinking
Expecting the worst in others or yourself
Being a perfectionist
Letting your actions or words betray your values

5. Self Esteem and Your Mental Health
Health habits are all affected by what you think of yourself
Positive and negative feedback
Responsible for forming self esteem
All the messages you have received as you have grown up
A person that has received mostly positive feedback will have a high level of self esteem

6. Self Talk Feedback from yourself
Don’t focus on negatives or weaknesses
Use constructive criticism

7. Lesson 2
List 15 needs you have and categorize them under the appropriate levels in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

8. Your Needs, Your Personality
All humans have basic needs
Mental and physical illness occur when basic needs are not met
Personality is shaped by heredity, environment, and behavior
You have the greatest control over personal behavior

9. Pyramid of Needs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – ranked list of essential human needs required for growth and development.
People must meet their needs in healthful ways
Inappropriate behavior can result from not fulfilling needs

10. Physical Needs Needs at the bottom of the pyramid
Hunger, thirst, sleep, shelter
Can affect people physically and mentally

11. Emotional Needs The need to be loved The need to belong
The need to be valued or recognized

12. Aesthetic Needs Artistic needs Appreciation of that which is beautiful
Stimulation of senses

13. Self Fulfilling Needs
Self – actualization – striving to be the best you can be
Top of the pyramid
Life long motivating process

14. Understanding Your Personality
Set of characteristics that makes you unique
Psychologists view personality as a window to a person’s mental health

15. Foundations of Personality
Heredity – temperament or emotional tendencies
Environment – all the experiences surrounding a person
Modeling – copying behaviors you are exposed to
Behavior – how you make decisions, what decisions you make, and what action you take to improve your life

16. Lesson 3
Briefly describe in two situations where you experienced one of the following: fear, anger, love, or mixed emotions

17. Emotions Influence thoughts and actions Neither good nor bad
Hormones greatly affect emotions during adolescence

18. Understanding Emotions
Emotions – signals that tell your mind and body how to react
Emotions can help protect you from danger, promote mental health, and can cause physical changes in your body.

19. Identifying Emotions
Love – strong affection, deep concern, and respect
Empathy – ability to imagine how someone else feels
Helps a person reach out to others

20. Identifying Emotions
Fear – causes your body to prepare for action. Can help keep a person safe
Phobias – irrational fears that can prevent a normal life
Anger – causes physical change in the body
Has to be handled in a rational way
Hostility – key personality trait in predicting heart disease

21. Identifying Emotions
Guilt – emotional response to doing something wrong
Results from acting against one’s values

22. Lesson 4
Explain a situation in your life when something very good or very bad caused stress. How did you respond

23. Handling Emotions In Healthful Ways
There are positive and negative ways of handling emotions
Your emotional health depends on your outlook on life and on protective factors

24. Positive Ways to Handle Emotions
Do I have any control over what is causing this emotion?
Is this feeling or situation going to matter later
Think before you act
Feelings are just feelings
Strong feelings can signal danger

25. Positive Ways to Handle Emotions
Use positive feelings to inspire you
Use negative feelings for motivation
Remember that all human beings have strong feelings
If the feeling doesn’t go away, seek help

26. Dealing Healthfully With Emotions
Defense Mechanisms – strategies used to deal with strong emotions
Handling Fear – identify the fears and seek help with them if they are out of control

27. Managing Anger Re-channel your energy
Get away by yourself and have a good cry
Talk to someone
Write down what you are feeling and why you are feeling it
Punch a pillow or count to ten

28. Dealing with Guilt Address the issue Take action
Resist doing something you know is wrong
Admit when you have done something wrong

29. Fostering Mental Health
Have a positive outlook
Be resilient –being able to adapt and recover from disappointment
Be able to survive and thrive