The Stigmas of Mental Health

Student Teacher: Jake Ratcliffe Grade level: Year 10

Subject: Mental Health Lesson Title: The Stigmas of Mental Health

Goal:
The students will be able to understand the common Stigmas surrounding Mental Health. They
will also be given the tools to assess their own Mental Health.

Health and Physical Education Level 9 They describe mental health issues relevant to young
people. Students identify outcomes of risk-taking behaviours and evaluate harm-minimization
strategies. They identify the health concerns of young people and the strategies that are
designed to improve their health. They describe the health resources, products and services
available for young people and consider how they could be used to improve health.

Preassessment Strategy: The teacher will use the white board to facilitate a discussion in order
to gauge the students understand of the word Stigma and common stigmas they have
seen/heard in everyday life.

Assessment Strategy: Stigmas worksheet, Class discussion, Pair discussion and share, common
stigmas discussion.

Instructional Procedure

Access Prior Knowledge

Using the whiteboard, the students and teacher will conduct a class discussion based on the
students understanding of the word stigma and how stigmas affect young people. Write some
common examples on the board in order to aid the students in the discussion,

New Information
Video: Lets Talk About Mental Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkZiBnL0h7Y
Explains some Stigmas surrounding Mental Health
Video that includes statistics, explanations and a list of different Mental Illnesses
Encourages students to talk about their issue in order to help manage them.
Key Points to highlight in group discussion:
1 in 4 suffer from a mental health problem
Social Stigma attached to Mental Health which can make it difficult to get help
Mental Health is an Illness not a weakness, an issue, not and identity.
Application/Analysis
Students will be given a worksheet on Stigmas surrounding Mental health (Activity 1)
The worksheet has 10 questions
Each question can be answered as Agree, Disagree or Not Sure.
Compile results
Using a show of hands, have the list of answers compiled on the whiteboard

Generalize
Ask students to share some general observations about the groups results. For
example, only half the people surveyed agreed that they would have someone with a
mental illness as a close friend; most people believe that medication for life is the best
treatment.
Compare the answers to the list provided of (most suitable answers)

Formative Assessments included Group discussions, Stigmas Worksheet and the Video
worksheet.

Accommodations for All Learners:

ELL: Class discussion, worksheets and video are straight forward but require reflection within,
which accommodates for all languages and has no limit.

Gifted: Class discussion, worksheets and video are straight forward but require reflection
within, which accommodates for all languages and has no limit.

Lower Level: Video worksheet can be adjusted to accommodate learning capabilities. Group
discussion and worksheet to accommodate all levels.

Technology and Web Sites Used:

PC, Projector,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdUz0tlKZ78 Mental Illness Video.
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
http://canwetalk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/COOR-79l-2016-03-CWT-lesson-
plans.pdf

References: Koenig, A.M. and Eagly, A.H., 2014. Evidence for the social role theory of
stereotype content: Observations of groups roles shape stereotypes. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 107(3), p.371.

Chatard, A., Guimond, S. and Selimbegovic, L., 2007. How good are you in math? The effect
of gender stereotypes on students recollection of their school marks. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 43(6), pp.1017-1024.
Mental health Stigmas (Activity 1)

1 People should work out their own mental health problems.

Not sure Agree Disagree

2 Once you have a mental illness, you have it for life.

Not sure Agree Disagree

3 Females are more likely to have a mental illness than are males.
Not sure Agree Disagree

4 Medication is the best treatment for mental illness.

Not sure Agree Disagree

5 People with a mental illness are generally violent and dangerous.

Not sure Agree Disagree

6 Adults are more likely than teenagers to have a mental illness.

Not sure Agree Disagree

7 You can tell by looking at people whether they have a mental illness.
Not sure Agree Disagree

8 People with a mental illness are generally shy and quiet.

Not sure Agree Disagree

9 Mental illness only happens to certain kinds of people.

Not sure Agree Disagree

10 Most people will never be affected by mental illness.

Not sure Agree Disagree