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24 Feb 2011
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New - Keeping Sane for Students
1 hour - years 8 & 9 .........1.5 hours - years 10, 11 & 12
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Keeping Sane™ for Students – Years 8 & 9
1 hour
Introduction to understanding mental health
• What is a mental health problem?
• How do you know if you have got one?
• How many people have them and who gets them?
• What are the triggers for getting a mental health problem?
• What is anxiety and what is depression?
• Who can help me if I feel down or anxious?
• What could I do if someone else’s mental health isaffecting me?
• How can I help someone else?
• How can I stay mentally well myself?
The main take home messages for thestudents will be:
• Anyone can be affected by a mental health problem!
• Mental health problems are real and help is available!
• Mental health problems are something that we don’t have to fear or be ashamed of!
• You can do things to keep yourself mentally healthy!
Keeping Sane™ for OlderStudents – Years 10, 11 & 12
1.5 hours (including 15 min question time)
Introduction to understanding mental healthand wellbeing
• What is a mental health problem?
• How do you know if you have got one?
• How many people have them and who gets them?
• What are the triggers for getting a mental ealth problem?
• What does depression feel like?
What does anxiety feel like?
• What helps and who can help?
• What could I do if someone else’s mental health is affecting me?
• How can I stay mentally well myself?
An introduction to resilience.
The main take home messages for the students will be:
• Anyone can be affected by a mental health problem!
• Mental health problems are real and help is available!
• Mental health problems are something that we don’t have to fear or be ashamed of!
• You can do things to keep yourself mentally healthyby recognising ways to be resilient.
The presenters for this group will address and answer questions regarding suicidal thought and non-suicidal selfinjury (self harm). The basis of these responses will be applying the Mental Health FirstAid approach and lived experience.
The material will be presented in a positive, light and informative manner by experienced presenters who arealso mental health consumers and will talk from theirown lived experience. It is recommended that studentshave the opportunity of placing questions in a questionsbox prior to the presentations so that they can have theiranonymous questions answered or material on the topic left for them.
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