Mental Health

PDHPE Stage 5
Lesson Plan

Topic Introduction
Aim/Purpose
Gain understanding of mental health via perceptions, reasons of occurrence,
and positive strategies of dealing with the problem

Syllabus

Brief Overview

World Health Organizations defines

mental health as:

A state of complete physical, mental, & social
wellbeing allowing us to carry out everyday
productive activities (Who.int, 2014).

Essential role in everyday living via

coping with different situations

(ReachOut.com, 2014).

Impacts in everyday life via school, work, &

relationships

(Headspace, 2014)

Mental health problems can disappear over

time, but when they last for long periods of

time & create negative change in our lives
they become a MENTAL ILLNESS (Headspace, 2014)

Video (EXSC News

Report)
Link;

Video Discussion
Q1) Why is mental illness a major concern in

Australia?

Q2) What age group according to research is

suffering the most from mental illness?

Q3) What were the main types of mental disorders

mentioned in the report? (As well as symptoms)

Q4) What were the recommended solutions

mentioned by the professor?

Class Activity: The Game

Show
Dementia

Rules
Groups of 4
Play for 20-25 mins (Helps ensure class understanding)
Involves 5 rounds
Today only doing 1st 2 rounds
Provide feedback for wrong answers for understanding what they did wrong & to

learn correctly about the topic

Provide encouragement when answering questions as students are still only in

year 9 10.
Be lenient with responses


First Round - Normal questions

Questions asked, choose to answer questions/pass

10 points for correct answers, -10 for wrong

Also if you get it wrong moves on to next team

Round two - Speed round

First team to buzz in answers (teams create own

buzzers)

No loss of points for incorrect answers

15 point answers

Round three - Brainstorm round

Teams have 1 min to come up with 3 of the top 10

mental illnesses ten points per correct answers

Round four - Charades

All team members bar 1 comes out & attempts to act out

one of the top 10 mental disorders

1 min to come up with the correct answer otherwise -10
points however 20 points for correct answer
Team with the lowest points going into the round goes 1 st &
they work their way up from the lowest points

Round five - True/false

Each team is received one question in which they have 10
seconds to answer
10 points for correct response
If no response after 10 seconds then -20 points
Only goes for 2 mins & then team left answering question
when timer finishes -20 points

Round 1 Normal Qs

Q1) What world

organization oversees
mental health?

ANSWER:

World Health
Organisation
(WHO)

Q2) What is the

difference between
mental health problems
& mental illness?

ANSWER:

Troubling thoughts
vs.
Long term diagnosable
symptoms

Round 2 Speed round

Q1) What are the key
points mentioned in the
World Health
Organizations definition
of mental health?

ANSWER:
-Complete physical,

mental, & social wellbeing

-Allows us to carry out

our lives via everyday

activities

Q2) Name the following mental

disorder that includes the following

symptoms;
*Distress *Nervousness *Fast

breathing *Rapid heart rates

*Muscle tension *Poor sleeping
patterns

ANSWER:
Anxiety

Round 3 Ranking round

10 Most Diagnosed Mental Disorders/Illnesses

(Rank in correct order)

Phobias
Autism
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Schizophrenia
Panic
Personality
Anxiety
Bipolar
Mood
Eating

10th - Autism
9th Schizophrenia
8th Bipolar
7th - Panic
6th - Anxiety
5th Phobias
4th - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
3rd Eating
2nd Personality
1st - Mood

Round 4 - Charades
Mental disorder

Common

Signs

and

Symptoms

Autism

No eye contact

Missing Developmental
milestones

Not speaking by age 2

Stroking toys instead of

playing with them

Schizophrenia

Hearing voices

Delusions

Disorganised speech

Emotional flatness

Bipolar

Swinging emotions

Poor relationships

Loss of appetite

Suicide

Panic

Rapid heart beat

Shortness of breath

Dizziness

Sweating

Anxiety

OCD - cleanliness

PTSD - horro and

helplessness

General - Worrying

sweating and trembling

Round 5 True/False?
Each team receives one question at a time and for each

question they have 10 secs to answer

Q1) According to the Australian

Bureau of Statistics, the

Australian Governments
annual cost directed to mental
health is approximately $20
billion dollars (True/False?)

ANSWER:
TRUE

Q2) Alcohol and

drugs can be
possible causes of
bipolar disorder
(True/False?)

ANSWER:
FALSE

Mental illness rates for male

adolescents and young adults from the

ages of 16-34 (24%) are significantly
higher than older age groups (Abs.gov.au,
2014).