RMY04: Risk Factors
| Duration | 15 minutes |
| Learning Objectives | To develop the understanding of the potential impact that various risks pose to an individual’s mental health and wellbeing. |
| Tools/materials for the Presenter | Rural Minds Youth PowerPoint – Risk factors Rural Minds Youth video – Risk factors Handout: Mental health continuum |
| Lesson Components | There are risks in everything that we do as humans. It is understanding these risks and managing them that is the key. Review the list of risk factors on the Mental Health Continuum. Note that changes in these factors can be both positive and negative. Discussion point – The list on the Mental Health Continuum is not exhaustive, can you list any others? |
| Key messages | Everyone is an individual – people can respond differently to the same risk factor. The key to is to monitor your mental health and relate it to what is happening in your life – keep doing things that have a positive impact on your mental health and limit behaviours that have a negative impact. Use the Mental Health Continuum. Remember that being exposed to a risk or a number of risks does not necessarily mean you will experience a mental illness. |
| Reflection | Is there a definitive list of risk factors to mental health and wellbeing? Will everyone respond in the same way to the same risk factors? |