In schools across America, kids are being shuffled from class to class to prepare them for their futures with little administrative concern for their mental well–being. Some schools graze over the topic of mental health with little intent to thoroughly teach the students, and almost every school places the importance on academic subjects rather than the students' health. As someone who's struggled from anxiety and depression, it's incredibly frustrating to see how little this subject "matters" in the eyes of the school, and this needs to change. Mental health questions and awareness should be actively brought up in within schools because it'd result in happier students, and a brighter future for us as a whole. To begin with, we would have...show more content...
Conventional wisdom has it that class time should be used strictly for academic subjects. Because of this, many believe that the school time we'd use to teach about mental health, could be used for other subjects. Well to begin with, most schools have a class designated for Health already. A simple fix would be changing up the curriculum for mental health to be perhaps longer, and much more in depth, focusing on what we can do about mental health rather than simply listing 16 disorders. We wouldn't be wasting any "academic" class time, and students would get the information that they
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Even though the discussion about mental health has become more common, teenage mental health is often left neglected. 37 percent of students 14 and older drop out of school because of mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and post–traumatic stress disorder, and the number continues to grow ("Mental Health by the Numbers"). Untreated mental illness in teens can be particularly debilitating because of the added stress from family life, school, work, and the pressure of adolescence. Teenage brains are still learning and developing, yet some are suffering so much that they commit suicide, the third most common cause of death in young adults ("Suicide").
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They may deal with disordered thinking or emotions for weeks, months, or even years before they realize that the problem will not go away on its own. A mental health screening in schools would help fix this. A mental health screening could be the push a student needs to recognize that something is wrong. Teachers should also be taught a class on mental health so that they can recognize the signs of a student in distress.
A third way to help improve the mental health of teenagers would be to give them an outlet. Teenagers go through a lot, and they often feel as if they have no one to talk to for a multitude of reasons. Their friends may already have problems of their own to sort out, and their parents may not be able to handle such a negative discussion without reacting badly. Most school counselors simply don't have the time to meet with a student to talk about their feelings, because they have to do academic planning for hundreds of other students. In order to fix this, every school should have a psychologist on campus. Making it mandatory for every school to have a professional psychologist could help alleviate a load of students on the counselor, allowing them to do a better job. Having a psychologist would be beneficial to students who need to talk through their problems regularly, and would make sure someone was there to help them if they suddenly needed it. A school psychologist
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Health Campaign Final Essay The health behavior that was chosen to promote during our campaign was yoga. We encouraged students, staff, and faculty members at Knox College to partake in yoga classes offered by the school in order to reduce stress and target a particular health/illness outcome. The main physical health/illness outcome targeted in this campaign was reduced blood pressure. Yogais also seen to improve cardiovascular health. We chose to focus on the benefits of yoga to improve blood pressure and cardiovascular health instead of just one or the other because most of the studies that we found while researching mentioned both decreased blood pressure and improved cardiovascular health occurring from practicing yoga. In Fan,...show more content...
The results of this study showed significant improvement in quality of life, anxiety, and blood pressure in the meditation group. While in controls, quality of life deteriorated and there was no improvement in blood pressure. In Satin, Jillian R., et al., "Yoga and Psychophysiological Determinants of Cardiovascular Health: Comparing Yoga Practitioners, Runners, and Sedentary Individuals", this cross–sectional study examined the cardiovascular health markers in long–term practitioners of yoga (yogis), runners, and sedentary individuals. The researchers compared physiological, psychological, and lifestyle variables associated with cardiovascular health across groups. Results showed that Yogis and runners showed favorable profiles compared to sedentary individuals on heart rate, heart rate variability, depression, perceived stress, and cigarette smoking. Runners and male yogis showed superior aerobic fitness compared to the sedentary group. Yogis demonstrated a lower respiration rate compared to sedentary individuals and were more likely to refrain from eating meat compared to other groups. Yogis and runners demonstrated several cardiovascular health advantages over sedentary individuals. These three studies support our campaign specifically targeting our physical
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Imagine after years of being dead, a human body is found and all that is really left of them is their teeth. Why? It may be because of the way they took care of their teeth while they were alive and the precaution methods they were educated about. Educating people about oral health is really important because teeth are the strongest bone in our body and they even preserve the most after we pass away, this means it is an essential factor to knowing how to protect them from getting a disease and keeping them as long as possible. Most patients are not aware of diseases in dentistry. Educating the older and the young generation will help to care for their oral health.
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They will start rotting and falling off before they know it. Although many Americans have goodoral hygiene due to fluoride and making everyday good decisions, others do not have any access at all to oral health care. Over the years, dentists have been trying to demonstrate the importance of oral care. ("Access to Dental Care") From commercials to campaigns, dentists will continue to demonstrate to their patients as well as to the people who don't have insurance the importance of oral health care. They will teach them preventative care and some techniques on how to prevent from getting any diseases. Just because some people are getting older doesn't mean you should stop caring for your teeth. Tooth decay may develop on an old restorative care, so you should still be visiting your dentist on a regular basis. There has been statistics that gum disease mostly develop in adults. The aging should still be taking care of their most important part of their body which is there teeth. Because some elders might believe in the saying " if it aint broke, dont fix it", its not so helpful at all. It doesn't have to be broken to get fixed but if your teeth are rotting and damaging while you age you should be getting them fixed. ("Adult Dental Health") That is why there are such things as dentures that can be put in as you age. Dentures are a replacement for teeth for a lifetime , but it doesn't mean you shouldn't take care of them because Get more content
MENTAL HEALTH Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here in front of you to talk about the importance of mental health. I'm here to spread awareness about mental illness, to reach out to people who are dealing with this. So what really is mental health? Is it important for us to know what it is about? Does it concern us? Mental health is as important as physical health. Mental health is a state of successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people and the ability to adapt to change to cope with adversity. Mental illness is a broad term encompassing all diagnosable mental disorders. And for some disorders– especially mood disorders, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, and personality disorders–it's hard to know if a person is suffering from such. You never know who might be the people affected; who are suffering because they are emotionally unstable; who are hallucinating and hearing voices inside their own heads; who are having dark thoughts; and those who have anxiety. It may be the ones who are close to you–your friends, your mother, your father, or even your siblings–or they could even be the person sitting right next to you. Some people who suffer from mental disorders may even be sharing laughs with you, and you wouldn't even know....show more content... Therefore, the level of recovery varies from each person. There are no checklists or timetables for the recovery of a person, recovery in itself is just helping the person attain the state where they want to be. One cannot tell a person they are mentally healthy if the person himself does not feel like so. It is not embarrassing to look for help. In order for everyone to be open and honest about what they feel and get the help they deserve, we should change our perspectives of having mental illness and treating it. So we can achieve what they've been fighting for, a normal and happy
Public health is a dynamic field of medicine that is concerned primarily with improving the health of populations rather than just the health of individuals. Winslow (1920) defined public health as; " the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the control of community infections, the education of the individual in principles of personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing service for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease, and the development of the social machinery which will ensure to every individual in the community, a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of...show more content... Most of these issues have been successfully addressed, and in the twenty–first century, the focus has widened to confront newer epidemics of ill–health resulting from drug abuse, obesity and smoking.(5) SOPH are important in addressing these health issues largely because of its pivotal role in the training of public health professionals, thereby laying the foundation for the future growth of the health sector.(6) Most SOPH in the UK are organized around the themes of capacity building, multidisciplinary approach, balanced teaching and research. Information is dissipated in traditional class room setting, either as full–time 12 month programmes, or as part–time 24–60 months programmes.(7) Some SOPH have adopted more technologically advanced means of education delivery, utilizing electronic means to provide distance learning facilities, especially for international students who may not be able to afford the cost of living in the UK. The curriculum of most courses in public health conventionally includes subject such as epidemiology, health policy, health promotion, health management, environmental health, human biology and health economics.(6,8,9) Currently however, the scope has been expanded to include courses involving statistical analysis and the use of computer programmes; the ability to access, manage and work with information; the ability to present and disseminate information in an effective manner; interview and
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In my opinion, mental illness is also called psychiatric disorder, which affects an individual's way of thinking, behaving and perceiving, and interacting with other people. Upon reflection, I felt that my anxiety was largely due to my negative preconceptions about mental illness especially my belief that mentally ill people are violent, unpredictable, and dangerous. These views were not only a result of a lack of knowledge about mental illness but also due to the impact of negative media and cultural stereotypes that I had grown up with. Before clinical placement, I used to be scared with the patients and used to be reluctant to deal with them.
Now, I have increased self–awareness and have consolidated rational thinking about mental...show more content... Moreover, I have improved my understanding of knowledge, concepts and skills required for mental health practicum which changes my perspective of mental illness.
For me, the most important learning results from theoretical knowledge, more practice in dealing with the individual with mental illness, attending mental health workshops and practising mental status examination of the individual. Reflection allows me to improve the ability to move on, do better and to learn from experience and examine self. I will overcome my fear by maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the patient and treat a patient in a non–judgemental manner and show empathy towards a patient. Besides, I will develop positive ideas regarding mental illness and apply therapeutic relationship and compassion to deal with psychiatric patients. Additionally, I will improve my skills in viewing the mentally ill patients in a separate way.
Nurses and nursing staff should treat everyone in their care with dignity and humanity and should understand individual needs, show compassion and sensitivity, and provide care in a
Sarita KC u1101733 way that respects all people equally. In addition, nurses and nursing staff are at the heart of the communication process: they assess, record and report on treatment and care, handle information sensitively and confidentially, deal with complaints effectively, and Get
Poor health habits 1. who want to stop a bad habit or start a good one Human being's body needs healthy food. If people have poor eating habit, their body will have negative impacts. People must do more attention on what they eat and what they drink. Body metabolism is influenced by what we eat and contributes to either healthy being or illness in the body. The concentrating of this address the distresses of poor eating habit in a proposal decrease undesirable health complication associated with poor dietary habits. One of poor eating habits is eating fast food which gives bad weight and shape for...show more content...
So, if half of our population is smoker and then half of it will be second smoker that means all of our population will be unhealthy. This is a big question. We have to know the following questions:– A. Does poor health eating habit contribute to chronic diseases? B. Does eating healthy contribute to reduction of negative effects of chronic diseases? C. Can simple and manageable dietary program help in reduction of disease related to poor eating? D. What are other factors which reduce negative effects of chronic disease? We should fellow health advisers and guidelines to change our poor health habits. Eating disorder can start at an early stage in a child development. It is important to educate children on the healthy eating early in life. In this case, one of the most common causes of stress and depression is unhealthy food. Poverty is another cause of unhealthy eating among different populations. Skipping meals and eating of junk food are harmful to human health. The increase of poor nutrition among children is indorsed to unhealthy eating. 2. Write up your experience including who attended, what you learned, and what your reactions were. My experience is very reasonable and effective. Before I started taking class at Northern Virginia Community College, My weight was 160 lb. At that time I was eating fast food and drinking soda. One day my