how good and satisfying someone’s life feels overall, including their health, relationships and happiness

pulling away from people or activities, often because of feeling low or struggling with mental health

Impacts of poor mental health

RSHE (PSHE)

Fluctuating mental health

Biological influences on mental health

Support for mental health across our lifetime

This unit explores fluctuating mental health across the lifespan. Pupils learn how mental health changes, understand impacts of poor mental health, examine biological influences including hormones and sleep, and know how to access appropriate support.

Mental health: How might my mental health change?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of serious mental health issues including eating disorders, self-harm, suicide or attempted suicide, or the aftermath of such an event.

Depiction or discussion of mental health issues

Depiction or discussion of sex or sexual body parts, including sex education.

Depiction or discussion of sexual content

Which term means how good and satisfying someone’s life feels overall, including their health, relationships and happiness?

One way poor mental health can affect a person is by causing social ...

using online forums to read non-expert advice

using online resources from trusted organisations

People can get support with their mental health by ...

How can poor mental health affect a person's life? It can affect their ...

Only adults experience mental health problems.

Poor mental health of an individual can impact the lives of those around them.

If a person suffers with poor mental health, they are unlikely to recover.

Mental health issues always last forever.

Which of the following statements are true?

Match the impact of poor mental health with the area of life it affects.

feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger

Match the following words to the correct definitions:

Which of the following might cause a person to feel stressed or worried?

{{}} means using drugs or alcohol harmfully, hurting health, relationships or daily life in ways hard to control.

Spending lots of time online can have long-lasting effects on our mental health.

People may feel pressured to check their social media accounts regularly.

Self-esteem can become high through constant comparisons to others online.

Excessive screen time can impact a person's physical health.

keep asking for help until we are listened to

stop asking for help and deal with the issue ourselves

ask just once more, then solve the issue ourselves

talk to a younger family member for advice

If we ask a trusted adult for help but we're not heard straight away, we should ...

Mental health is less important than physical health.

Mental health can be affected by a variety of factors, such as big life events.

Mental health concerns are always a person’s fault.

Mental health concerns cannot be supported or treated.

Which of the following statements are **false**?

Impacts of poor mental health

Lesson outcome

Content guidance