Healthy Minds

Defining Mental Health

The opening lesson of the Mental Illness Investigated series sets the foundation for a sensitive and rigorous seven-lesson exploration of mental health and mental illness. Students establish where to get support, build their initial understanding of what mental health means, draw parallels with physical health, and explore the idea that mental health exists on a spectrum that everyone moves along throughout their lives.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1:

Know where and how to get support both in and beyond school

Outcome 2:

Be able to define mental health

Outcome 3:

Draw parallels between mental and physical health

Outcome 4:

Understand that mental health is a spectrum and illustrate this with examples

What's included

A quick look at the classroom-ready resources that come with this lesson.

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Healthy Minds Teacher Guide — Addison case study page 97
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Resilience Competencies page 8
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Safe Learning Agreement pages 5–6
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Student Handbook — Sources of Support page 2
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Worried About a Friend pages 3–6
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Mental Health MindMap page 7
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Case Studies pages 8–11
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