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Youth Mental Health Overview

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Youth Mental Health Overview

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🧠 Part 1: Understanding Youth Mental Health

1. Which of the following are common mental health challenges affecting New Zealand youth? (Select all that apply)

Depression

Anxiety

Broken bones

Suicide ideation

Flu symptoms

2. Mental health refers to:

Only the absence of mental illness

Our emotional, psychological, and social well-being

Just feeling happy all the time

Physical fitness levels

3. In the Whare Tapa Whā model, mental and emotional well-being is represented by:

Taha tinana

Taha hinengaro

Taha wairua

Taha whānau

4. Complete this sentence: According to recent New Zealand statistics, approximately _______ of young people aged 15-24 experience mental health challenges each year.

Answer: ________________

💪 Part 2: Resilience and Support

5. Define resilience in your own words:
6. List three strategies that could help build resilience in young people:

a) _________________________________

b) _________________________________

c) _________________________________

7. Who can young people talk to for mental health support? (Select all that apply)

Whānau members

School counsellors

Friends

Mental health professionals

Trusted kaiako

🌱 Part 3: Personal Reflection

8. Think about the case studies we discussed. What was one key factor that helped the young person build resilience?
9. How might connecting with te taiao (the natural environment) support mental well-being?
10. Write one goal for how you could support your own mental well-being or help a friend who might be struggling:

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