UNIT TWO: Mental and Emotional Health

Chapter 3 – Achieving Mental and Emotional Health

Lesson 1 – Developing Self Esteem

Lesson 2 – Developing Personal Identity and Character

Lesson 3 - Expressing Emotions in Healthful Ways

Chapter 4 – Managing Stress and Coping with Loss

Lesson 1 – Understanding Stress

Lesson 2 – Managing Stress

Lesson 3 – Coping with Loss and Grief

Chapter 5 – Mental and Emotional Problems

Lesson 1 – Dealing with Anxiety and Depression

Lesson 2 – Mental Disorders

Lesson 3 – Suicide Prevention

Lesson 4 – Getting Help

Directions: The topics above are all from UNIT TWO. Looking at the topics and flipping through the UNIT TWO PACKET, complete the following tasks:

  1. Make a list of 5 things from the UNIT 2 packetthat are interesting to YOU.

  1. From your list of 5 things above (in #1) pick ONE topic to find an article that relates to it.

  1. Use this website to find your article. Choose Mind from the menu on the left. You will see the following headings and when you click on them, the options for more articles will appear as shown below.
  • Stress & Coping Center

Parents

  • Dealing With Divorce
  • Stepparents
  • Talking to Parents About Depression
  • Talking to Your Parents - or Other Adults
  • Telling Parents You're Pregnant
  • What If a Parent Won't Stop Texting While Driving?
  • When Parents Argue
  • Why Do I Fight With My Parents So Much?

Feeling Sad

  • 5 Ways to Fight Depression
  • Am I Depressed or Just Not Trying?
  • Cutting
  • Dealing With Grief: Molly's Story
  • Death and Grief
  • Depression
  • Going to a Therapist
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Suicide
  • When Depression Is Severe
  • Why Am I in Such a Bad Mood?
  • Why Do People Get Depressed?

Mental Health

  • 5 Facts About Goal Setting
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety: Rachel's Story
  • Binge Eating Disorder
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Cutting
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Finding Low-Cost Mental Health Care
  • Going to a Therapist
  • How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
  • How Can I Stop Cutting?
  • Motivation and the Power of Not Giving Up
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Social Phobia
  • Suicide
  • Trichotillomania
  • When Depression Is Severe
  • Why Do People Get Depressed?
  • Your Secrets to Staying Motivated
  • Your Tips for Surviving Summer Break

Feelings & Emotions

  • 5 Ways to Deal With Anxiety
  • 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
  • A Guy's Guide to Body Image
  • Choosing Your Mood
  • Culture Shock
  • Dealing With Grief: Molly's Story
  • Death and Grief
  • Emotional Eating
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Having a Healthy Pregnancy
  • Homesickness
  • How Can I Deal With My Anger?
  • How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
  • Is My Body OK? Am I Having Self-Esteem Issues?
  • Optimism
  • Rejection and How to Handle It
  • Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
  • Shyness
  • Stress
  • Stress & Coping Center
  • Teens Talk About Life (Video)
  • Terrorism
  • Test Anxiety
  • The Moving Blues
  • Understanding Your Emotions
  • Why Am I in Such a Bad Mood?
  • Yoga for Stress Relief
  • Yoga: Meditation and Breathing

Body Image

  • A Guy's Guide to Body Image
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Body Image and Self-Esteem
  • Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight
  • Help! Is This My Body?
  • Is My Body OK? Am I Having Self-Esteem Issues?
  • Losing Weight: Brandon's Story (Video)
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Transgender People
  • Vitiligo

Relationships

  • Abusive Relationships
  • Am I in a Healthy Relationship?
  • Apologizing
  • Assertiveness
  • Date Rape
  • Getting Over a Break-Up
  • How to Break Up Respectfully
  • Is My Body OK? Am I Having Self-Esteem Issues?
  • Love and Romance
  • Protecting Your Online Identity and Reputation
  • Sexual Attraction and Orientation
  • Teens Talk About Love (Video)
  • Understanding Other People
  • Virginity: A Very Personal Decision
  • Your Thoughts on Falling in Love

Families

  • 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
  • Abuse
  • Adoption
  • Apologizing
  • Assertiveness
  • Coping With an Alcoholic Parent
  • Dealing With Divorce
  • Family Money Troubles
  • Stepparents
  • Talking to Parents About Depression
  • Talking to Your Parents - or Other Adults
  • Teens Talk About Family (Video)
  • Understanding Other People
  • Welcome Home Yoga (Video)
  • What If a Parent Won't Stop Texting While Driving?
  • When Parents Argue
  • When a Sibling Is Seriously Ill
  • Why Do I Fight With My Parents So Much?

Friends

  • Apologizing
  • Asking for Help: Getting Past Obstacles
  • Assertiveness
  • Coping With Cliques
  • Dealing With Addiction
  • How Can I Help a Friend Who Cuts?
  • I Hurt My Friends' Feelings. What Should I Do?
  • I Think My Friend May Have an Eating Disorder. What Should I Do?
  • My Friend Has Diabetes. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Has HIV. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Has Sickle Cell Disease. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Has a Food Allergy. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Is Talking About Running Away: What Should I Do?
  • My Friend Is Talking About Suicide. What Should I Do?
  • Peer Pressure
  • Shoplifting
  • Someone Is Spreading Rumors About Me. What Can I Do?
  • Understanding Other People
  • What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
  • What It Means to Be a Friend
  • What Should I Do if My Friend Is Having an Asthma Attack?

Dealing With Problems

  • 5 Facts About Goal Setting
  • 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
  • 5 Ways to Beat Pre-performance Nerves
  • 5 Ways to Deal With Anxiety
  • 5 Ways to Fight Depression
  • 5 Ways to Get Drivers to Stop Texting
  • 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
  • Anxiety: Rachel's Story
  • Asking for Help: Getting Past Obstacles
  • Coping With Cliques
  • Date Rape
  • Dealing With Addiction
  • Dealing With Bullying
  • Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight
  • Dealing With Grief: Molly's Story
  • Dealing With a Health Condition
  • Family Money Troubles
  • Finding Low-Cost Mental Health Care
  • Gambling Addiction
  • How Can I Stop Cutting?
  • How to Break Up Respectfully
  • I Bullied Someone. How Can I Apologize?
  • I Helped Spread a Rumor. What Should I Do?
  • I Started Cutting Again. How Can I Stop?
  • I Think I Have OCD. What Should I Do?
  • I Think I May Have a Drinking/Drug Problem. What Should I Do?
  • Is It OK to Talk to a Teacher About Personal Problems?
  • Making a Change in Your Life
  • My Pet Died. How Can I Feel Better?
  • Peer Pressure
  • Rape
  • Rejection and How to Handle It
  • Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
  • Sexual Harassment and Sexual Bullying
  • Shoplifting
  • Should I Fight a Bully?
  • Should I Send My Boyfriend Naked Pictures?
  • Stress & Coping Center
  • Talking to Parents About Depression
  • Teens Talk About Cutting
  • Telling Parents You're Pregnant
  • Test Anxiety
  • Therapy and Weight Management
  • What If a Parent Won't Stop Texting While Driving?
  • When Cancer Keeps You Home
  • When Parents Argue
  • Yoga for Stress Relief
  • Yoga: Meditation and Breathing
  • Your Secrets to Staying Motivated

Being Your Best Self

  • 5 Ways to Be More Aware of Your Emotions
  • Apologizing
  • Assertiveness
  • Choosing Your Mood
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Optimism
  • Rejection and How to Handle It
  • Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
  • Teens Talk About Life (Video)
  • Understanding Other People
  • Understanding Your Emotions
  1. Pick an article and READ it.
  1. TYPE THE NAME OF YOUR ARTICLE HERE (OR COPY AND PASTE IT)

  • Dealing With Divorce
  • Stepparents
  • Talking to Parents About Depression
  • Talking to Your Parents - or Other Adults
  • Telling Parents You're Pregnant
  • What If a Parent Won't Stop Texting While Driving?
  • When Parents Argue
  • Why Do I Fight With My Parents So Much?
  • 5 Ways to Fight Depression
  • Am I Depressed or Just Not Trying?
  • Cutting
  • Dealing With Grief: Molly's Story
  • Death and Grief
  • Depression
  • Going to a Therapist
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Suicide
  • When Depression Is Severe
  • Why Am I in Such a Bad Mood?
  • Why Do People Get Depressed?
  • 5 Facts About Goal Setting
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety: Rachel's Story
  • Binge Eating Disorder
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Cutting
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Finding Low-Cost Mental Health Care
  • Going to a Therapist
  • How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
  • How Can I Stop Cutting?
  • Motivation and the Power of Not Giving Up
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Social Phobia
  • Suicide
  • Trichotillomania
  • When Depression Is Severe
  • Why Do People Get Depressed?
  • Your Secrets to Staying Motivated
  • Your Tips for Surviving Summer Break
  • 5 Ways to Deal With Anxiety
  • 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
  • A Guy's Guide to Body Image
  • Choosing Your Mood
  • Culture Shock
  • Dealing With Grief: Molly's Story
  • Death and Grief
  • Emotional Eating
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Having a Healthy Pregnancy
  • Homesickness
  • How Can I Deal With My Anger?
  • How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
  • Is My Body OK? Am I Having Self-Esteem Issues?
  • Optimism
  • Rejection and How to Handle It
  • Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
  • Shyness
  • Stress
  • Stress & Coping Center
  • Teens Talk About Life (Video)
  • Terrorism
  • Test Anxiety
  • The Moving Blues
  • Understanding Your Emotions
  • Why Am I in Such a Bad Mood?
  • Yoga for Stress Relief
  • Yoga: Meditation and Breathing
  • A Guy's Guide to Body Image
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Body Image and Self-Esteem
  • Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight
  • Help! Is This My Body?
  • Is My Body OK? Am I Having Self-Esteem Issues?
  • Losing Weight: Brandon's Story (Video)
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Transgender People
  • Vitiligo
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Am I in a Healthy Relationship?
  • Apologizing
  • Assertiveness
  • Date Rape
  • Getting Over a Break-Up
  • How to Break Up Respectfully
  • Is My Body OK? Am I Having Self-Esteem Issues?
  • Love and Romance
  • Protecting Your Online Identity and Reputation
  • Sexual Attraction and Orientation
  • Teens Talk About Love (Video)
  • Understanding Other People
  • Virginity: A Very Personal Decision
  • Your Thoughts on Falling in Love
  • 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
  • Abuse
  • Adoption
  • Apologizing
  • Assertiveness
  • Coping With an Alcoholic Parent
  • Dealing With Divorce
  • Family Money Troubles
  • Stepparents
  • Talking to Parents About Depression
  • Talking to Your Parents - or Other Adults
  • Teens Talk About Family (Video)
  • Understanding Other People
  • Welcome Home Yoga (Video)
  • What If a Parent Won't Stop Texting While Driving?
  • When Parents Argue
  • When a Sibling Is Seriously Ill
  • Why Do I Fight With My Parents So Much?
  • Apologizing
  • Asking for Help: Getting Past Obstacles
  • Assertiveness
  • Coping With Cliques
  • Dealing With Addiction
  • How Can I Help a Friend Who Cuts?
  • I Hurt My Friends' Feelings. What Should I Do?
  • I Think My Friend May Have an Eating Disorder. What Should I Do?
  • My Friend Has Diabetes. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Has HIV. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Has Sickle Cell Disease. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Has a Food Allergy. How Can I Help?
  • My Friend Is Talking About Running Away: What Should I Do?
  • My Friend Is Talking About Suicide. What Should I Do?
  • Peer Pressure
  • Shoplifting
  • Someone Is Spreading Rumors About Me. What Can I Do?
  • Understanding Other People
  • What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
  • What It Means to Be a Friend
  • What Should I Do if My Friend Is Having an Asthma Attack?
  • 5 Facts About Goal Setting
  • 5 Ways to (Respectfully) Disagree
  • 5 Ways to Beat Pre-performance Nerves
  • 5 Ways to Deal With Anxiety
  • 5 Ways to Fight Depression
  • 5 Ways to Get Drivers to Stop Texting
  • 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
  • Anxiety: Rachel's Story
  • Asking for Help: Getting Past Obstacles
  • Coping With Cliques
  • Date Rape
  • Dealing With Addiction
  • Dealing With Bullying
  • Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight
  • Dealing With Grief: Molly's Story
  • Dealing With a Health Condition
  • Family Money Troubles
  • Finding Low-Cost Mental Health Care
  • Gambling Addiction
  • How Can I Stop Cutting?
  • How to Break Up Respectfully
  • I Bullied Someone. How Can I Apologize?
  • I Helped Spread a Rumor. What Should I Do?
  • I Started Cutting Again. How Can I Stop?
  • I Think I Have OCD. What Should I Do?
  • I Think I May Have a Drinking/Drug Problem. What Should I Do?
  • Is It OK to Talk to a Teacher About Personal Problems?
  • Making a Change in Your Life
  • My Pet Died. How Can I Feel Better?
  • Peer Pressure
  • Rape
  • Rejection and How to Handle It
  • Rejection: How Well Do You Cope? (Quiz)
  • Sexual Harassment and Sexual Bullying
  • Shoplifting
  • Should I Fight a Bully?
  • Should I Send My Boyfriend Naked Pictures?
  • Stress & Coping Center
  • Talking to Parents About Depression
  • Teens Talk About Cutting
  • Telling Parents You're Pregnant
  • Test Anxiety
  • Therapy and Weight Management
  • What If a Parent Won't Stop Texting While Driving?
  • When Cancer Keeps You Home
  • When Parents Argue
  • Yoga for Stress Relief
  • Yoga: Meditation and Breathing
  • Your Secrets to Staying Motivated
  1. AFTER YOU READ THE ARTICLE, FINISH THESE STATEMENTS

This article is like OR this ______in the article reminds me of…………..

I think the point is………………

 The question I have is……………..

  1. PRINT OUT ONLY # 1,2, 5 and #6 once you have completed them. Make sure your name is on the paper.