Health Quarter 3 G7

• Mental Health


  Includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
• Eustress (Positive Stress)


  • Motivates, focuses energy
  • Is short-term
  • Is perceived as within our coping abilities
  • Feels exciting
  • Improves performance
• Distress (Negative Stress)


  • Causes anxiety or concern
  • Can be short- or long-term
  • Is perceived as outside of our coping abilities
  • Feels unpleasant
  • Decreases performance
  • Can lead to mental and physical problems
• Grief


  An intense emotion from a loss, disaster, or misfortune
• Low-grief death


  A death caused by prolonged sickness showing little emotion after death due to experienced grief prior to death
• High-grief death


  Unexpected death where grieving is more emotional and longer because of unexpected death
• Five Stages of Grief

  1. Denial

  2. Anger

  3. Bargaining

  4. Depression

  5. Acceptance
• Denial is a healthy response to a stressful situation, and it acts as a temporary buffer to help protect the individual
• Anger may be directed at loved ones and expressed through shouting, complaining, and bitterness
• Bargaining occurs throughout the dying process. Before a loss, it seems like you will do anything if only loved one would be spared, you bargain to prolong life
• Depression feels as though it will last forever. It is important to understand that this depression is not a sign of mental illness. It is the appropriate response to a great loss
• Acceptance is about accepting the reality that our loved one is physically gone and recognized that this new reality is the permanent reality
• What can be done for someone grieving a loss?


  • Attend memorial services
  • Be available during difficult times
  • Be thoughtful to them
  • Have empathy
• Schizophrenia


  A serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.
• PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)


  A disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. Fear is a part of the body's "fight-or-flight" response, which helps us avoid or respond to potential danger.
• Bipolar Disorder


  A mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration. These shifts can make it difficult to carry out day-to-day tasks.
• Major Depression


  A common mental disorder involving a depressed mood or loss of pleasure or interest in activities for long periods of time. It can affect all aspects of life, including relationships with family, friends and community. It can result from or lead to problems at school and at work.