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Mental Health Spectrum Exploration

Read each item carefully. Mental health varies over time and is different for everyone. For written responses, give a sensible example or explanation.

Understanding mental health

1.Which statement best describes mental health?

It is only relevant to people who have a diagnosed condition.
Everyone has mental health, and it can change over time.
It affects teenagers but not adults.
It stays exactly the same throughout life.

2.Select every factor that may affect a person's mental wellbeing.

How much stress they are experiencing
Support from people they trust
Physical health and activity
Sleep habits
Eye colour

3.Complete the sentence using a word from this word bank: emotional, psychological, social, physical. Mental health includes emotional, psychological and wellbeing.

4.Complete the sentence: Mental illness refers to health conditions that can affect thoughts, feelings or behaviour and may benefit from .

Thinking about a wellbeing spectrum

A spectrum can help describe how someone is doing at a particular time. It is not a diagnosis, and people may move in either direction.

5.Read each scenario and place its letter in the best-fitting spectrum category. Use each letter once. These descriptions are simplified examples, not diagnoses.

A. Morgan feels settled, enjoys seeing friends and is looking forward to an upcoming activity.
B. Casey has a busy week and feels tense, but uses breaks and talks with a trusted friend to manage stress.
C. Taylor has a diagnosed anxiety condition, is seeing a counsellor and has some difficult days while using support.
D. Ivy says they may hurt themselves now and cannot stay safe without immediate help.

Coping
In crisis
Thriving
Struggling

6.Choose one scenario from the previous question. Identify two details that influenced your category choice, and explain how they relate to wellbeing.

Supporting wellbeing

7.Give three practical strategies a young person could use to support their mental wellbeing. Include at least one way to connect with other people or seek help.

8.A friend tells you they have been struggling for a while. Describe two supportive things you could do, including one way to help them connect with further support.

9.Name one useful idea about mental health you have taken from this worksheet and explain why knowing it could matter in everyday life.