Mental Health

Key Concepts/Main Points

• Assist client in listing and understanding how to balance the three areas of emotional health.
• Know how to recognize stress and learn methods to help manage the symptoms.
• Understand and be able to identify domestic violence.
• Understand the difference between Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression.

Questions to Ask Yourself

• What do you do when you’re stressed? How do you know you are stressed?
• Will you describe the last time you were mad?
• Tell me about the last time you and your partner got into a fight.
• Within the last year, have you been hit, slapped, kicked or otherwise physically injured by another person?

What is Mental Health?

Mental health is the term used to describe a person’s overall emotional health. A person who is considered emotionally healthy has a balance between his or her physical, spiritual and environmental health. This allows the person to feel good about herself, have positive feelings towards others, express feelings, verbalize thoughts, enjoy time with family and friends and develop a good support system for requesting and receiving help.

Instructor Tips:
Section Goal: Help participant recognize good emotional health and stress management techniques as well as negative physical, emotional, sexual and economic abuse.