Hallmarks of Good Mental Health

This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Mental Health Tool Kit Curriculum in a Box: Mental Health Mental Health Curriculum

Grade Level: 7-College
Running Time: 16 minutes
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This program helps viewers recognize the six key qualities that define good mental health in adolescence—having satisfying relationships, being happy with one’s academic achievements, maintaining clear and achievable goals, being capable of delaying immediate gratification, making good choices and resisting unhealthy peer pressure. Having a strong sense of self-esteem is especially highlighted: if you do not feel good about yourself, you are more likely to limit yourself and make bad choices. Each of the hallmarks is clearly demonstrated by real teens in a variety of settings, including at school, at home and at play. The peer-to-peer approach focuses students’ attention on the key qualities that they should acquire as they make their way through adolescence.

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video, plus teacher’s resource book, student handouts and pre/post tests in digital format

DVD contains Spanish subtitles

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The program Hallmarks of Good Mental Health covers the following skills or attributes: self-esteem, relations with others, academic achievement, setting future goals, making good choices, ability to delay gratification, and resiliency. Actual teens talk about their personal experience with each of these hallmarks - both boys and girls of a variety of races and abilities. There are also young teen hosts that introduce the segments and offer summaries and conclusions. The format is one that will be familiar to middle school students who have watched in-class videos about human development. There is a wonderful lack of flashy graphics or zany role-playing to make a point, which should appeal to older or more mature teens.

This DVD benefits from depicting a wide segment of the population and the participants speaking about their personal experience do not seem like actors. There are few adults shown and the focus is clearly on how young people feel and experience their important life choices. The program would ideally form the basis of an in-class or other group discussion about good mental health. An initial analogy is made between good physical health and good mental health, which serves as a starting point.

Ciara Healy, Librarian for Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

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