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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO

Luna Street, La Paz, Iloilo City

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Grade 7

Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health

KAMAPEHMILYA
Kagamitang Angkop sa Malikhain at Aktibong Pagsasanay sa Edukasyong Hahasa sa Mag-Aaral upang
isaalang-alang ang Lahat ng Yamang Angkin

Health 7- Quarter 3- Week 6-8

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Nutrition
Competency discuss ways of preventing and controlling malnutrition and micronutrients deficiencies.
(H7N-lld-f-24)
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Development Team of Health Learning Guide

Writers/ Authors: Raycelle A. Delfin
Lenny G. Mestidio
School Quality Assurance Team: Susana P. Panes
Jessette B. Vidiot
Illustrator: Armand Glenn S. Lapor

Layout Artist: Lilibeth E. Larupay

Lydio Inayan Jr.

Division Quality Assurance Team: Lilibeth E. Larupay

Dr. Ma. Fe L. Brillantes
Armand Glenn S. Lapor

Management Team: Dr. Roel F. Bermejo

r. Ferdinand Sy
Dr. Novelyn Vilchez,
Dr. Azucena T. Falales
Ruben S. Libutaque
Lilibeth E. Larupay
Dr. Ma. Fe L. Brillantes

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

(Triggers, Warning Signs, and Prevention, Treatment and Professional Care
in Managing Common Mental Health Disorders)

BEGIN

INTRODUCTION

This lesson will introduce you to recognize triggers and warning signs of common mental
health disorders. In this module you will learn the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment
and professional care in managing common mental health disorders.
Mental and emotional health pays an important role in the overall well-being of an
individual. It balances how we think, feel, and how to be able to make good decisions. Mental
and emotional health is greatly affected by the different factors by the person’s way of life,
external influences, and other situations that occur at any time. How do we manage those
factors affecting our daily lives? How are we going to prevent and solve problems in order to
stay mentally healthy?

Mental and Emotional Health

Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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YOUR TARGETS

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

1. recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders

2. discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in
managing common mental health disorders

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS : Do not write anything

on this module. All answers must be written in your
activity notebook.

KEEP THIS IN MIND

Mental and Emotional Health

(Triggers,Warning Signs, and Prevention, Treatment and Professional Care in Managing
Common Mental Health Disorders)

When stress is prolonged and if it is not managed well, you may develop mental illness.

MENTAL ILLNESS – are disorders that disrupt thinking, feelings, moods, and behaviors and
impair daily functioning (Donatelle, 2006). These disorders may be caused by prolonged stress
and mental and emotional suffering due to various triggers.

TRIGGERS – are events, conditions, or situations that may activate a person’s tendency to
experience symptoms of mental disorders.

TYPES OF MENTAL DISORDERS

A. MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
When we face difficult situations, it is normal to feel sadness and grief. But, a
person may develop a major depressive disorder when depression is on daily basis,
characterized by persistent sadness, despair, and hopelessness” (Donatelle, 2006).

A.1. OTHER SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION:

 Lack or loss of motivation
 Overthinking (that others may say something bad about him/her
 Lack or loss of energy
 Slow to react
 Difficulty in concentrating and remembering
 Loss of appetite
 Excessive gain or loss of weight
 Withdrawal from others/feeling alone

Mental and Emotional Health

Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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B. BIPOLAR DISORDER
It is also called manic-depressive disorder, it is a “form of depression
characterized by alternating mania and depression” (Donatelle, 2006). Those persons
who experience this type of disorder may at times feel very happy and elated, then
may feel utmost sadness and despair in an instant.

B.1. OTHER SYMPTOMS:

 Rapid speech and racing thoughts
 Difficulty in decision-making
 Recklessness and impulsiveness
 Agitation
 Difficulty in concentrating
 Extreme irritability

C. SCHIZOPHRENIA
It is a “mental illness with biological origins that is characterized by irrational
behavior, severe alterations of the senses and often inability to function in the
society” (Donatelle, 2006). A person with this illness may experience hallucinations
or feeling of being detached and away from reality. He or she may lose the
functions of the sense organs, thinks and imagines very differently than that of a
normal person.

D. POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

A person may have this disorder when he or she experienced a traumatic
situation such as abused, raped, domestic violence, or involved in an accident.
Symptoms may vary from being spaced out (tulala), extreme sadness or
frustration, irritability, avoidance to people or isolation, and others.

These are also other mental health problems that an individual may experience.
OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS:
 Learning problems and Disorders
 Attention Deficit hyperactivity Disorder
 Anxiety Problems and Disorders
 Mood Problem and Disorders

Prevention, Treatment and Professional Care in Managing Common Mental

Health Disorders

What is prevention? Prevention in mental health aims to reduce the incidence,

prevalence, and recurrence of mental health disorders and their associated disability. Preventive
interventions are necessary and are based on modifying risk exposure and strengthening the
coping mechanisms of a person.
Mental disorders are diagnosed.It is always important to remember disorders can be
cured only by professional physicians that may determine the illness being experienced by a
person. Additionally, it is also needed to note that the symptoms of the disorders should be
prolonged and repeated. Not just because a person experiences one or two of the symptoms at
one time, it does not mean that he or she is already diagnosed with that illness or disorder.
In terms of treatment and cure, a professional physician may decide on whether to give
the patient a medication or subject him or her to routine therapy sessions.
Mental and Emotional Health
Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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Mental Health Treatments

1. Psychotherapy 6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2. Medication 7. Self-help Plan
3. Case Management 8. Peer Support
4. Hospitalization 9. Electroconvulsive Therapy
5. Support Group 10. Art Therapy

Other Prevention keys:

1. Increase social, professional, and political awareness of advancements and the
importance of mental health prevention and promotion.
2. Taking steps to control stress, to increase your resilience and to boost low self-esteem
may help keep your symptoms under control.
3. Promote interventions with a multidisciplinary and multilevel(psychological, social,
familial, and legal) approach.
4. Promote healthy lifestyles including nutrition and exercise.
5. Encourage school-based interventions (targeting children, parents, and education
professionals.)

DO YOU THINK AND FEEL HEALTHY?

Mental and emotional health is an important component of an individual’s well-being. It
translates to an individual’s balance of actions, thoughts, and feelings. It is also about how a
person views himself and how/she looks at other people. An individual’s mental and emotional
also deals with the way s/he handles challenges – whether positive or negative – and how to
overcome them.

According to (Manitoba, nd), a person with good mental and emotional health often possesses
the following qualities:
1. Sense of well-being and satisfaction
2. Ability to enjoy life, to laugh and to have fun
3. Ability to deal with life’s stresses and to bounce back from adversity
4. Participation in life to the fullest extent possible, through meaningful activities and positive
relationships
5. Capacity to change, grow, and experience a range of feelings, as life’s circumstances
change
6. Sense of balance in own life between solitude and sociability, work and play, sleep and
wakefulness, rest and exercise, and so on.
7. Self-care that attends to the needs of the whole person – mind, body, spirit, creativity,
intellectual development, health, and so on
8. Ability to care for others
9. Self-confidence and good self-esteem

APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

Mental and Emotional Health

Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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Activity 1 – ART THERAPY

Directions:
1. Think of the good things/experiences/events in your life that makes you happy or things
that relieves your stress.
2. In a short bond paper, draw those ideas and make use of any art coloring materials to
beautify your work.
3. Create your own Title.
4. Write a short explanation about your drawing.
Name: ____________________________ Year and Section: ________________
Subject: ______________________ Score: ____________ Date: ________
Title:__________

Brief Explanation of your drawing:

Activity 2 – ART THERAPY

Directions:
1. Your task in this activity is to give you a chance to influence the community in managing
and coping with stress.
2. Choose only (1) among the activities listed below.
a.) poem, b.) cartoon, c.) painting, d.) poster, e.) dance, f.) song
3. Submit the artwork for options “a-d” to your subject teacher, and for options “e” and “f”
submit it through online applications (messenger/facebook) account of your subject
teacher.
Rubrics for Activity 1 and 2
RUBRICS Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement
(5points) (4points) (3points) (2points)
Quality of Provides work of Provides high Provides work that Provides work that
Work the highest quality quality of work needs a little needs more
improvement improvement
Creativity Work shows highest Work shows high Work shows good Work shows a quality of
quality of quality of quality of uniqueness/originality of
uniqueness/originali uniqueness/origin uniqueness/originality work but needs some
ty of work ality of work of work improvement.
Contribution Routinely provides Usually provides Sometimes provides Rarely provides useful
s useful ideas to useful ideas to useful ideas to relieve ideas to relieve stress
relieve stress or to relieve stress or stress or to the or to the community.
the community. to the community. community. Explains Did not explain the
Explains the ideas Explains the the ideas clearly but ideas clearly.
very clearly ideas clearly lacks supporting
details.

REFLECT

Mental and Emotional Health

Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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Directions: Based on the topic discussed, complete the sentences below. Do this in
your activity notebook.
I learned that __________________________________________________________.
I realized that __________________________________________________________.
I will _________________________________________________________________.

ASSESS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

SUMMATIVE TEST
I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and understand each statement below and choose the correct
answer.Write the correct answer in your activity notebook.

_____1. A person is experiencing this kind of disorder may at times feel very happy and elated,
then in an instant may feel utmost sadness and despair, what is this kind of disorder?
A. Bipolar Disorder C. Major Depressive Disorder
B. Manic Depressive Disorder D. Schizophrenia

_____2. Which of the following if a person experience depression on a daily basis,characterized

by persistent sadness, despair, and hopelessness?
A. Bipolar Disorder C. Major Depressive Disorder
B. Manic Depressive Disorder D. Schizophrenia

_____3. How can you say that a person is mentally and emotionally healthy?
A. Experiences muscle spasms and cramps
B. They have the ability to care for the others
C. They don’t have the capability to be confident
D. They have low self-esteem

_____4. Which of the following options states that a person is mentally and emotionally healthy?
A. When an individual has motivation
B. When an individual knows what her limitations in the world are
C. When an individual has a balance on her actions, thoughts, and feelings and knows
how to handle challenges in life
D. Ignore the challenges in life and just sleep to get over it

_____5. How can one best benefit from art therapy and sports activities?
A. They help one achieve a personally active and healthy lifestyle
B. They contribute to the enhancement of community awareness
C. They develop one’s awareness of his/her own and other’s personality through sports
and art
D. All of the above

_____6. What are the qualities of a mentally healthy individual?

A. Agitated, extreme irritability
B. Difficulty in concentrating and decision-making
C. Loss of appetite and slow to react
D. Sense of well-being & satisfaction
Mental and Emotional Health
Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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_____7. What do you call the events, conditions or situations that may activate a person’s
tendency to experience symptoms of mental disorders?
A. Bipolar Disorder C. Mental Illness
B. Post-Traumatic Mental Disorder D. Triggers

_____8. The following are the mental health treatment, EXCEPT one:
A. Hospitalization C. Self-help Plan
B. Psychotherapy D. Window Shopping

_____9. Which of the following describes an important component of an individual’s well-being

that translates to an individual’s balance of actions, thoughts, and feelings? It is also
about how a person views himself and how/she looks at other people and also deals with
the way s/he handles challenges – whether positive or negative – and how to overcome
them.
A. Healthy Living C. Mental and Emotional Health
B. Mental and Emotional Disorders D. Mental Illness

_____10. Prevention in mental health is necessary in modifying risk exposure and strengthening
the coping mechanisms of a person and also with professional help. It is always
important to remember disorders can be cured only by ___________ that may determine
the illness being experienced by a person.
A. Quack Doctors C. Professional Physicians
B. Nurses D. Unlicensed Doctors

II. Identification
Directions:Identify what is being describe in each statement below. Write the answers on your
activity notebook.

Choose your answers on the following given options: Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive
Disorder, Mental Health Treatments, Prevention, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,
Schizophrenia.

_____________ 1. It is to reduce the incidence, prevalence, and recurrence of mental health

disorders and their associated disability.
_____________ 2. A person may have this disorder when he or she experienced a traumatic
situation such as abused, raped, domestic violence, or involved in an accident.
_____________ 3. It is a mental illness with biological origins that is characterized by irrational
behavior, severe alterations of the senses and often inability to function in the society.
_____________ 4. It is also called manic-depressive disorder.
_____________ 5. Psychotherapy, Art Therapy and Peer Support.

Mental and Emotional Health

Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)
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Answer Key

II. Multiple Choice

I. Identification
1.Prevention 1. A
2. C
2. Post-traumatic Stress
3. B
Disorder
3. Schizophrenia 4. C
5. D
4. Bipolar Disorder
6. D
5. Mental Health Treatments
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. C

Department of Education PE and HEALTH Learner’s Material, FEP Printing Crop, First
Edition, Series of 2017
www.google.com
wwww.mhnational.org/mental-health-treatments

Mental and Emotional Health

Competency: recognizes triggers and warning signs of common mental health disorders, (H7PH-lllf-h-
39) and discuss the types, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and professional care in managing
common mental health disorders. (H7PH-lllf-h-40)