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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 topicleft for them.
