Manoday A School Based Mental Health Intervention program

IJRAR PUBLICATION, 2019

The 21st century is marked as the peak of invention and scientific development for mankind and their well being. But the million dollar question is, how much are we well with this arena of development? In search of more happiness people of this world has actually moved away from real happiness, i.e. towards the materialistic perspective, even at the cost of their mental health. With this backdrop, the school students are also not an exception to this sorrowful situation. School life is the period of joy and happiness. However, the actual scenario is quite different because school student hood is under crisis due to unhealthy competition and commercialization of attitude. The ultimate aim of education has become not just to be a good human being but to be a good earner. In such a situation, human value is measured commercially rather than ethically and morally. Commercial attitude towards life is gaining momentum which is resulting in various undesirable and shocking incidents of committing crimes by the school going students. Frequent incidents such as murders, kidnapping, robbery, addicted to substance use, etc., have been surfaced. Studies of such dreadful incidents reveal that the students associated with such crimes are mentally unstable and unhealthy. The main reason of their unstable mind is excessive pressure on them of various kinds especially to adjust with the transitional phase of the society and to be successful in their life.The Indian Philosophy of Education suggests us that without value, ethics and morality in life, mental peace and happiness is hard to achieve. In the light of this circumstance, the school students’ mental health is an important issue of concern. This discourse is a little attempt to discuss about mental health of school going students and suggest various measures to be a mentally healthy person of the society even in their newly confronted hardships.

MENTAL HEALTH EXTENSION CURRICULARIZATION ACTIVITY FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION NETWORK (Atena Editora), 2024

It is common knowledge that there is an increase in cases and records of psychological problems in all age groups in society, from childhood to old age. These problems can be, for example: depression, excessive anxiety, attention deficit disorders and bipolarity. With this in mind, within the practical scenario of the Extension Curricularization Activities (ACEX's), a Basic Health Unit in Curitiba was visited in order to learn about the environment that serves as an entry point for the SUS user, which was reported to be searching for health service by students from a school in the catchment area, after suicide attempts or reporting other psychological difficulties. Therefore, the need to work on mental health with adolescents at this school was noted, aiming to clarify some basic concepts and present the ways they can seek to resolve such situations before they are irreversible. To serve as many children as possible, within an hour available for work, between 1 and 2 medical students were assigned to work simultaneously in all classes, serving 150 students in total, as the objective was to address all medical classes. 6th to 9th year in the afternoon with a focus on a quality of mental health without bringing possible triggers for teenagers, it was chosen to present the most well-known emotions of everyday life in a playful way, for this the film “Inside Out” served as instrument to introduce emotions such as sadness, anger, joy, disgust and fear, which are common to feel, which for a teenager aged 11 to 17 can be interpreted as a burden beyond the ordinary, without mentioning the hormonal action in them gift. It is known that in this age range individuals go from children to actual teenagers, thus making it necessary to adapt the approach for each class, being a little subtler with the 6th and 7th year classes, and even subtly, but more realistic with 8th and 9th grade. The intervention consisted of a slide presentation with an excerpt from the film representing emotions and a series of activities focusing on them, in addition to providing clarifications about such emotions. After that, a space was opened for direct questions on the topic and then a question and answer game so that students could establish the concepts and solutions presented. Although the work did not present a consistent result at the time, the school's response during the completion of the project and the students' opinions after the presentation showed a positive opinion, which will indeed be notable upon return to UBS Ipiranga and the school itself. Although the results are more evident in the long term, even before the implementation, we obtained a practical situation to be commented on. During the visit to carry out the project, there was a teenager suffering from a serious anxiety attack during class time, unable to keep up with her classmates. However, she was able to be reassured by a member of the group and soon returned to the classroom with her colleagues and even participated in the presentation, showing how such support can and could be effective from start to finish, with results still to come.

Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2016

Mental health is a state of wellbeing in which a person can use his or her own abilities and cope with the normal stresses of life. This study aimed to assess the effect of mental health promotion program for secondary school students on their psychosocial adjustment patterns. This study design was a quasi-experimental, conducted at El Mostakbal Integrated Experimental Language School. The study involved 60 secondary school students, divided into two groups each group consisted of 30 secondary school students. Tools of the study involved, 1) An interview questionnaire to assess socio-demographic characteristics, student's knowledge regarding mental health, students` perception about healthy living and their psychosocial adjustment patterns in their daily life, 2) Tennessee of Adolescents' Scale to measure the level of student's self-concept, 3) Self-Consciousness Scale to measure the level of student's self awareness and 4) Anger Scale to measure anger state and an...

MENTAL HEALTH IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Extension activities (Atena Editora), 2024

PROBLEM CHARACTERIZATION: It is common knowledge that there is an increase in cases and records of psychological problems in all age groups in society, from childhood to old age. These problems can be, for example, depression, excessive anxiety, attention deficit disorders and bipolarity. With this in mind, within the practical scenario of the Extension Curricularization Activities (ACEX's), the Ipiranga Basic Health Unit in Curitiba was visited in order to learn about the environment that serves as an entry point for the SUS user, to which the search was reported of the health service by students at the João Mazzarotto state school, which is located opposite the aforementioned UBS, after suicide attempts or reporting other psychological difficulties. Therefore, the need to work on mental health with adolescents at this school was noted, aiming to clarify some basic concepts and present the ways they can seek to resolve such situations before they are irreversible. DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE: to serve as many students as possible within one hour available for work, with the focus being on covering all classes from 6th to 9th grade in the afternoon. Between 1 and 2 students in the group were separated so that we could work simultaneously in all classes, serving 150 students in total. Aiming to focus on a quality of mental health without bringing possible mental triggers to teenagers, it was chosen to present the most well-known emotions of everyday life, for this the film “Inside Out” served as an initial instrument to introduce emotions such as sadness, anger, joy, disgust and fear, which are common to exist and feel, which for a teenager aged 11 to 17 can be interpreted as a burden beyond the ordinary, without mentioning the hormonal action present in them. It is known that in this age range, teenagers go from being a child to a real teenager, which made it necessary for us to adapt the presentation for each class, being a little subtler with the 6th and 7th year classes, and even more subtly, more realistic with 8th and 9th grade. The presentation consisted of a slideshow with an excerpt from the film presenting emotions and a teaching about them, in addition to presenting ways to deal with such emotions. After that, a space was opened for direct questions on the topic and then a game of questions with bullets so that students could establish the concepts and solutions presented there. RESULTS ACHIEVED: certainly, a work on mental health involving adolescents does not present a consistent result on the spot, however the school's response to the work and the quick reaction of the students after the presentation showed a positive opinion that will indeed be notable upon returning to UBS Ipiranga and also to the João Mazzarotto school itself. Although the results are sought after the work, even before carrying it out, we obtained a clear answer to be commented on: There was a teenager in a serious anxiety attack during class time, unable to keep up with her classmates, but she was able to be reassured by a member of the group and then return to the classroom with her classmates and still participate in the presentation, showing how Support can and could be effective from start to finish, with results still to come. RECOMMENDATION: Extension Curricularization Activities (ACEX's) are open doors for academics from the beginning to the end of the course, which allow access to experiences that can form the character of the professional that is being built throughout the course, experiences that cannot be learned in the classroom only in theories. As future health agents, this contact with situations that can contribute to collective health is essential, in addition to being the first step towards acting as health agents and seeing results, in this case for the next professionals, fathers and mothers who will graduate, teenagers of the state education network. Some situations may seem insignificant in light of all the current public health problems, but saving one of these teenagers, or perhaps all of them, from irreversible problems is transformative.

KnE Life Sciences, 2019

Mental health is important factor for health adolescent future. Mental and emotional problems of the teenager is a specific health problem, and recently not threaten adequate especially in Bandung District. The main causes of mental-emotional problems in a teenager are school environment. Screening of mental-emotional problems is very important to prevents further noticeable behavior problem.The aim of the study was to describe mental-emotional problems in Junior High School students in Bandung District. This study uses a survey with the SDQ-strengths and difficulties questionnaire, interview and Focus Group Discussion. The sample of this population is the 8th-grade students in junior high school as much as 4650 students from 10 junior high schools. The results showed that student with normal mental-emotional status as much as 85.1% and borderlines mental-emotional status as much as 11.8% and abnormal mental emotional status as much as 1.9%. The student with the emotional disorder includes anxiety and depression; hyperactivity problems such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and peer problems such as bullying. Mentalemotional problems of the student should be adequate intervention. Suggested the need to conduct education, curricula modification, promote school healthcare, childparent communication, psychotherapy, and training to improve life skill competencies.