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“Promoting Mental Health:
Strategies for Personal Effectiveness &

Wellness”
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this
session, students should have…
 Identified the risk and protective factors
considered in developing one’s mental health.
 Valued the importance of mental health to
promote personal wellness and interpersonal
effectiveness.
 Developed practical skills to build and maintain
positive mental health.
Mental Health
(RA 11036: Mental Health Act of 2017- Section 4j)
refers to a state of well-being in which the individual

 realizes one’s own abilities and potentials,
 copes adequately with the normal stresses of life,
 displays resilience in the face of extreme life
events,
 works productively and fruitfully, and
 is able to make a positive contribution to the
community.
Benefits of Promoting Mental Health
 Promoting mental health involves looking beyond

prevention.
 It means looking at the relationship between mental well-
being and physical health; behavioral problems; violence;
child abuse; domestic violence; drug and alcohol misuse;
living and working conditions; and risk taking behavior.
 It means addressing the mental health impact of public
policies, programs and plans.
Benefits of Promoting Mental Health
 Mental health promotion emphasizes two key concepts:
power and resilience.
 Power is defined as a person’s, group’s or community’s sense
of control over life and the ability to be resilient (Joubert &
Raeburn, 1998). Building on one’s existing capacities can
increase power and control.
 Resilience has been defined as “the ability to manage or
cope with significant adversity or stress in ways that are not
only effective, but may result in an increased ability to
respond to future adversity” (Health Canada, 2000).
Resilience is influenced by risk factors and protective
factors.
Factors that Increase Vulnerability to
Mental Health Problems (WHO, 2004)
 Experience of insecurity and hopelessness
 Rapid social change
 Risks of violence
 Physical ill-health
Risk Factors for Mental Health Problems
(WHO, 2004)
 Drugs/alcohol
 Lack of education
 Poor nutrition
 Poverty
 Racial injustice
 Violence/delinquency
 War
 Work stress
 Unemployment
Mental Health Condition
(RA 11036: Mental Health Act of 2017- Section 4k)
 Refers to a neurologic or psychiatric condition

characterized by a recognizable, clinically-
significant disturbance in an individual’s
condition, emotional regulation, or behavior that
reflects a genetic or acquired dysfunction in the
neurobiological, psychosocial, or developmental
processes underlying mental functioning.
Mental Health Services
(RA 11036: Mental Health Act of 2017- Section 4o)
 refersto psychosocial psychiatric or neurologic

activities and programs along the whole range of
the mental health support services including
promotion, prevention, treatment and aftercare,
which are provided by mental health facilities and
mental health professionals.
School-based Mental Health and
Wellness Activities
Contribute in developing student to:
 Have positive sense of self.
 Help facilitate development of well-rounded
personalities.
 Build positive relationship with parents necessary to
child’s self-esteem.
 Guide and support the student as he goes through various
physical and psychosocial changes.
Strategies for Promoting Mental
Health among Adolescents
 Provision of sports and recreational facilities, such as gyms,
basketball/volleyball courts, track field/oval and the like encourage
young people to spend their free/spare time constructively.
 Organizations such as dance troupes, choirs and glee clubs become
more important to adolescents not only because they enjoy doing
these activities but also it caters to their need to belong. Likewise,
forming book/film lovers, stamp collectors and other interest groups
not only provide a venue for sharing passions and resources but more
so because they are with people who are like them.
Strategies for Promoting Mental Health
among Adolescents
 Sports tournaments become more competitive in high
school. Coaches and advisers can take the opportunity to
heighten team building.
 Field trips and outings become special activities for
adolescents, which are often done outside of school
premises.

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“Promoting Mental Health:

Strategies for Personal Effectiveness &

refers to a state of well-being in which the individual

 Promoting mental health involves looking beyond

 Refers to a neurologic or psychiatric condition

 refersto psychosocial psychiatric or neurologic

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