Youth with mental health disorders may face challenges in their homes, school, community, and interpersonal relationships. Mental health problems in youth often go hand-in-hand with other health and behavioral risks like increased risk of drug use, experiencing violence

1. Presented by : Sidra Akhtar
Ch
(Chairperson SA Foundation,
Clinical Psychologist, Speech
pathologist)
Youth & Mental
Health

2. Why Youth & Mental Health?

4. 1 in 4 young people will
experience a mental health
problem

6. Stress
Depression
Anxiety
Eating
disorders
 Psychosis
 Mood
disorder
Body

7. All of us have mental health
and, like our bodies, our
minds can become unwell.

8. What is Psychological
health?
Mental health includes
our emotional, psychological,
and social well-being.

9. It’s important to talk about mental
health and get help early if things
don’t feel right, just like we would for
our physical health.

11. Time to Change is a
nationwide movement to get
people talking about mental
health.

12. Ask for Professional Help

13. No one should feel ashamed
about having a mental health
problem, they wouldn’t if they had
a broken leg.

15. Today we’re going to
learn a bit more about
mental health and
challenge some of the
common myths

16. Put your hands up if..

19. 1. Talking
(being open with people I trust about how I’m
feeling)

20. 2.Exercising
looking after my body, playing sport, eating
healthy.

21. 3. Calming
meditation, good sleep habits like turning my
phone off early.

22. 4. Learning
(a new skill, a great way to gain confidence)

23. 5. Relating
(spending time with the people I care about)

24. 6. Contributing
(helping others or contributing to causes I believe in)

25. 7. Creating
(expressing myself creatively e.g. music, art, drama,
writing)

26. 8. Congratulating
 (being kind to myself, or listing the qualities I value in
myself)

28. Feel Free to contact
051-4842082
051-4842083
Sidra Akhtar Foundation
Main IJP road , Al Karim Plaza Rwp