HE ED110 Lecture : VIDEO TUTORIALS

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Health Education
• Course: HE ED110
• Professor: Angela Bayduza

Document Summary

Mental health is our ability to respond to challenges: anticipating an exam, illness, bullying, crush on a girl, arguments with family, moving. Mental health = ability to bounce back and stay on course. Low socioeconomic status, chronic illness = negative: protective factors. Self-efficacy, supportive family and friends = positive: protective factors can offset risk factors, protective factors in early years can help across a persons lifespan. Normalization: culturally = experience of suffering, normal to have six cups of coffee, not seeing friends for months, getting no sleep during final exams. Talk to loved ones, friends, family, counsellor. Self-care*: student mental health at the university of alberta. Marks = change a mood, change a outlook on career. Nearly 87% of ualberta students report feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of university life. 63% of students report feeling very lonely. We are our bigger pressures sometimes, thinking we can"t succeed. 40% of students have more than average stress.