Mental health issues

This lesson focuses on helping students to understand mental health issues.

Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

Refine protective behaviours and evaluate community resources to seek help for themselves and others (AC9HP8P08)

Plan, rehearse and evaluate strategies for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety or wellbeing may be at risk (AC9HP10P08)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
- Self-management
- Self awareness
NSW PDHPE Syllabus

Examines and evaluates strategies to manage current and future challenges (PD4-1)

Assesses their own and others’ capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges (PD5-1)

Plans, implements and critiques strategies to promote health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity in their communities (PD5-7)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

Examine barriers to seeking support and evaluate strategies to overcome these (VCHPEP125)

Evaluate situations and propose appropriate emotional responses and then reflect on possible outcomes of different responses to health and wellbeing (VCHPEP147)
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7-12

5 minutes

Learning Intention

Students know how to identify and seek support for mental health issues.

As a group, watch the video clip ‘What is mental health?’.
After watching the video, ask students to write down or share with a partner:
- three signs or symptoms to look for that signify a mental health issue
- three top tips that could be used to support or manage a mental health issue.