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 MENTAL,
EMOTIONAL
, AND
SOCIAL
HEALTH
 OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON
describe a mentally, emotionally and socially
healthy person
suggest ways to develop and maintain one’s
mental and emotional health
explain how healthy relationships can positively
impact health
 What is
 Health
- The combination of your mental/emotional, physical, and social well-
being
 Wellness
- Overall state of well-being or total health.
 Heredity
- Traits that are passed along biologically from both parents to child
 Culture
- Beliefs, customs, and behaviors
 3 Elements of Health
Physical Health

Mental/Emotional Health

Social Health
 MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
HEALTH
 What can you do to improve or
maintain your mental/emotional
health?
 Journal writing
 Spending time with family
 Talking to trusted friends
 Be optimistic
 Doing well in school
 Physical

Health
Parts and systems of your What can you do to
body working together. improve or maintain
 If you are physically healthy: physical health?
Helps you cope with stress  Exercise
Have more ENERGY!!
 Eat right
Helps you cope with
changes  Sleep
 Mental/emotional
health
 The way one feels about self,
relates with others and meets the
demands of daily life.
 If you are mentally/emotionally
healthy:
- You are in touch with your
feelings and express them in
an appropriate way.
 SOCIAL HEALTH
● The way one works with
others
● If you are socially healthy:
○ You make friends
○ You keep friends
○ You cooperate with others
(school, work, play, etc)
○ You communicate! –
Verbal vs. Non-verbal
 What can you do to
improve or maintain
your social health?
Communicate!!
 Look at people when
you communicate.
 Be positive – smile a
lot!
 Have good friends
 LIFESTYLE FACTORS
 Get between 7 & 8 hours of sleep per night.
 Eat nutritious food from the various food groups each day.
 Refrain from smoking and using tobacco products.
 EAT BREAKFAST!
 Do 60-90 minutes of activity every day.
 Do not use alcohol or other drugs
 Maintain your recommended weight for your height and age.
 SELF-ESTEEM
How one feels about ones self?
 Self-centered behavior: Fulfilling needs and wishes with
little regard for any one else.
 Self-destructive behavior: behavior in which a person
harms him-herself.
 Self-loving behavior: a behavior that shows a person
believes him/herself to be worthwhile and loveable.

How do we build our self-esteem??

How do we build our self-esteem??
Set goals and make plans to reach them.
Develop a skill or talent.
Make a list of things you do well.
Work to do your best in school.
Be involved in school clubs and community activities.
Develop a trusting relationship with at least one adult.
Choose friends who encourage others to do their best.
Spend time with friends and adults who provide support.
Volunteer to help another person.
Keep a neat appearance.
 STRESS
The body’s response to a demand
It depends on how you react to it!
Eustress
 When stress results from something good and you react in a positive
manner. “Positive stress”
 Makes you more creative, alert, assertive & dedicated to a task
 Makes you feel good about yourself
Distress
 When stress is caused by something bad or if you react in a negative
manner.
 “Negative stress” Interferes with schoolwork, home life, relationships
with peers.
 STRESSORS

Family
Injury
relationships

Peer groups Sickness

Discrimination
School work

HOW WILL YOU REACT?

THE BODY’S
RESPONSE TO
STRESS
STRESS MANAGEMENT
Develop resistance to stress
 Get fit!
 Get enough sleep
 Develop a good nutritional diet
 Stay away from sugar and caffeine
Develop strategies to reduce stress
 Don’t sweat the small stuff!
 Set goals
 Practice time management
STRESS MANAGEMENT
 Develop positive coping strategies
 Practice self-talk
 Seek temporary relief
 Recognize symptoms of stress
 Identify stressful situations
 Support groups are helpful
- Parents, friends, teachers, coaches, counselors,
etc.
AWESOME
WORDS
SITUATIONAL
ANALYSIS
 For each of the following stressful situations,
find out if this is Eustress or Distress. What types
of stressors you think can cause this stress. What
are 2 positive coping strategies and 2 negative
coping strategies related to this specific stress?
How would you handle this stressful situations?
 1) You and your family are moving away
from home because one of your parents
got a fantastic new job on the east coast.
You have to move within the month and
it is your Freshman year of high school.
2) You have an older sibling and
they just get engaged and want
you to be their best man or
bridesmaid.
 3) You and your two best friends are in turmoil.
One of them is mad at the other because they
decided to hang out with a different group from a
class instead of hanging out with you both. You
don’t mind but your other friend is super mad
over it. They aren’t talking to each other and are
looking to you to mend things.
 4) Grade checks just came in for your sport
and you have a 64 percent in your class. Your
coach tells you if you don’t get your grades
up in 3 days you are not going to be able to
play in the championship game.
 5) Even though you aren’t 18, you won
25,000$ in the lottery. Your parents want
you to think about putting the money
towards something good, you don’t know
what you want to do because your friends all
think you should just go on a shopping spree
and spend it all.
MEET THE TEAM

ELLEN DOE DANIEL JAM JESS SMITH

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