Influences on mental health

RSHE (PSHE)

How talking supports mental health

Working with my feelings

Calming and relaxation techniques

This unit explores strategies for supporting mental health and wellbeing. Pupils learn how talking helps mental health, understand factors that influence it, develop skills for managing emotions, and practise calming and relaxation techniques to build resilience.

Mental health: How can I support my mental health?

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

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

Match the following words with the correct definitions.

Which of the following social factors might have a negative effect on mental health?

Which of the following psychological factors might have a negative effect on mental health?

We cannot do anything to protect our mental health.

We can make positive choices to look after our mental health.

Looking after our mental health makes us less prepared to cope with stresses.

Looking after our mental health makes us more prepared to cope with stresses.

getting less than eight hours of sleep per night

Which of these could have a positive influence on mental health?

If someone is finding it difficult to manage their mental health, it's important to seek early {{}}.

to hear and try to understand what someone is saying

a feeling caused by a situation, your body or people you're with

Match the words to the correct definition.

Mental health can be visualised as a {{}}.

being able to cope with normal, day-to-day stress

The bucket represents our capacity to cope with stress.

Each time we feel stressed, the bucket feels lighter.

Talking about our feelings helps the bucket to feel lighter.

If we don't talk about our feelings, the bucket could overflow.

Which of these statements about the stress bucket analogy are correct?

Ignore the feelings; they'll go away in time.

Bottle his feelings up because it's weak to talk about them.

Isolate himself from others until he feels better.

Ben is finding it tricky to manage his mental health. What should he do?

Influences on mental health

Lesson outcome

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