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Mental and Emotional Health “ A Healthy Mind”

Mental and Emotional Health “ A Healthy Mind”. C.J. Starnes Lacey Head Brittany Vance. The Simple Facts. An individual who works out on a daily routine will experience a decrease in stress, anxiety, and depression levels.

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Mental and Emotional Health “ A Healthy Mind”

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  1. Mental and Emotional Health“A Healthy Mind” C.J. Starnes Lacey Head Brittany Vance

  2. The Simple Facts • An individual who works out on a daily routine will experience a decrease in stress, anxiety, and depression levels. • During sleep the brain and body are able to renew their energy stores and rebuild mental energy. • Through challenging mental activities, new connections between nerves are made that improve our ability to retrieve information.

  3. The Simple Facts • Addictions affect the way an individual thinks and feels and also causes the individual to neglect relationships, friends and people at work and school. • Alcohol can affect retrieval of verbal and non verbal information, performance on learning tasks as well as many other areas of the brain. • Being socially active maintains feelings of self worth and over time can help with maintaining memory and cognitive function.

  4. The Proof • According to Chapter 5 from the book; Comprehensive School Health Education, social interaction is a leading factor in the fight against depression. • The following is the statistics for children with major depressive disorder. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/1MDD_CHILD.shtml

  5. The Proof • The following link discusses the importance of social interaction with health: http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/CHASRS.shtml

  6. Skills to Practice • Go outside and be active and exercise everyday even if for only 60 minutes. The goal is to be active • Get a good nights sleep for elementary students at least 9 or more hours. • Attempt challenging word puzzles, or learn to play an instrument.

  7. Skills to practice • Learn a new hobby such as painting or drawing. • Be social with the people in your life such as parents, friends, and teachers. • Volunteer to help friends or classmates with any work they may have. • Stay away from alcohol and addictions because as seen nothing good comes from either of these things.

  8. References • n/a, n/a. "Alzheimer's Association." alz.org. Alzheimer's Association, 07/25/2011. Web. 1 Nov 2011. <http://www.alz.org/we_can_help_brain_health_maintain_your_brain.asp>. • ReportedMerikangas KR, He J, Burstein M, Swanson SA, Avenevoli S, Cui L, Benjet C, Georgiades K, Swendsen J. Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Study-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Oct;49(10):980-989.0246810121416Lifetime • Meeks, Linda. Comprehensive School Health Education. 7/e. 98-102. Print. • Cacioppo, John. "Chicago Health Aging and Social Relations Study." University of Chicago department of Psychology. University of Chicago, n.d. Web. 1 Nov 2011. <http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/CHASRS.shtml>

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