In crew this morning we started to explore mental health ready for our expert visit in the afternoon, a talk from a mental health nurse. This visit links to our current expedition but is also preparing us nicely for mental health week next week.
We started our discussion this morning by thinking about what mental health is, what we mean by mental health issues and how we can look after our mental health. We discussed rights of children and why everyone’s voice matters. From here we explored a scenario and unpicked what the scenario was saying. We discussed the feelings of the character in the scenario then thought about the difference between mental health and physical health.
We then thought more about our own crew and the things that make us feel more confident and comfortable. We discussed following our crew norms, listening carefully to what others have to say and never laughing at other peoples questions. We discussed that no questions are ‘silly’. More discussions will continue in Crew tomorrow.
Next we thought about some of the questions we would like to ask the expert in the afternoon. We came up with some great questions, ‘what are some of the different mental health issues? How do you help people? How do you treat them? How do you help people to get better? Can you prevent mental health problems? What do I do if I’m worried about my mental health? What should I do if i’m worried about a friend? How do I spot signs of mental ill health? What are the symptoms of anxiety? How many times do you see a patient?’ Tomorrow we will discuss how our expert links back to our guiding questions.
