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Description:
Many young people do not know basic facts about mental health and mental illness. In fact,
many people confuse the terms mental health and mental illness. Before thinking about the
problems that occur in the brain when someone has a mental illness, it is helpful to think
about how the brain functions normally. In this module, students will be introduced to the
basics of brain function, and will learn that the brain processes and reacts to everything we
experience. Its activities initiate and control movement, thinking, perception, involuntary
physiological processes, as well as emotions. Students will learn that the brain function
determines both mental health and mental illness, and that the two are not mutually exclusive.
Standards Alignment:
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Outcomes:
Learning objectives
In this lesson students will learn:
• Some of the basic concepts involved in normal brain function, and the role
the brain plays in determining our thoughts, feelings and behaviours
• That mental health and mental illness both include a wide range of states
• That having a mental health problem is not the same thing as having a
mental illness
• Some of the language of mental health and mental illness
Tools & Materials:
Handout Activity 1 Definitions.
Flip chart paper, markers and tape
Time Required:
Activity One: Twenty Minutes
Activity Two: Twenty-five Minutes
Process:
This module includes handouts, a class discussion and a powerpoint that explains the basic functions of the brain. Powerpoint is available in hard copy, or it can be found at www.cmha.ca/highschoolcurriculum under Module 2/Activity 2: Mental health and mental illness: The common basis.
For further details, refer to module.
Attachments:
• Module Two-Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness
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