Compassionate Classrooms: Understanding Student Mental Health

This booklet was created to help teachers support students with mental health issues, & to help themselves or colleagues to maintain good mental health. Section 1 includes information on factors affecting mental health, symptoms & causes of mental illness, common mental illnesses, & myths about mental illness. Section 2 is on assessment & includes a youth mental health quiz & a stress test. Section 3 is on getting help when needed & the final section is on self-help & ways to help someone with a mental illness.