Dear viewers this is the small presentation about Life Skills for Mental Health.

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2. Dr.K.CHELLAPANDIAN
M.Com., MBA., M.Sc (Psy)., M.Phil., B.Ed., PGDCA., DGT., Ph.D., NET
Vivekananda College
Tiruvedakam West
Madurai
Assistant
Prof in
Commerce

3. Topic
Life Skills for Mental Health
Date: 17th September 2021 (Friday)

4. Introduction
 In a constantly changing environment, having life
skills is an essential part of being able to meet the
challenges of everyday life.
 The dramatic changes in global economies over the
past one decades have been matched with the
transformation in technology and these are all
impacting on education, the workplace and our
home life.

5.  To cope with the increasing pace and change of
modern life, individuals need new life skills such as
the ability to deal with anxiety, stress and
frustration.
 Today’s people will have many new jobs over the
course of their lives, with associated pressures
and the need for flexibility.
Introduction…

6. Good Health as a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
The WHO states that “There is no
health without mental health”.
What is
Health?
• The World Health Organization (WHO)
Defines:

7. Physical Well-
being
Mental Well-being
Social Well-being
Spiritual Well-being
Health…

8. 3% of people affected with severe
mental disorder (Psychosis)
20% of people affected with
minor mental disorder (Neurosis)
59% of people affected during
COVID-19
II. • Mental Health Statistics -
Statistics - 2021

9. Mental health refers to cognitive,
behavioural, and emotional well-being.
 It is all about how people think, feel, and
behave.
 People sometimes use the term “mental
health” to mean the absence of a mental
Mental Health

10.  Mental illness is the instability of one’s
health, which includes changes in emotion,
thinking and behaviour.
Mental illness

11. Key Issues of Individuals:
 Lack of self Identity
 Unable to understand the
Emotions

12.  Anxiety
 Difficulty Concentrating
 FamilyTensions
 Lack of Motivation
 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(OCD)
 Difficulty Sleeping
 Phobias
 Relationship Problems
 Mania
 Paranoid Psychosis
 Depression
 Social Anxiety
 Problem Alcohol Use
 Eating Disorders
 Addiction
 Self-harm
 SuicidalThoughts
Mental Disorders

13. Life skills have been defined as “the abilities for
adaptive and positive behaviour that enable
individuals to deal effectively with the demands and
challenges of everyday life”
(WHO).
Life skills

14. These skills enable the individual to act adaptive
and right in connection with environment and provide
self-esteem.
Life skills – Why?

15. 1. Self-awareness
2. Empathy
3. Critical Thinking
4. Creative Thinking
5. Decision Making
6. Problem Solving
7. Effective
Communication
8. Interpersonal
Relationship
9. Coping with Stress
10. Coping with Emotion
Ten Core Life Skills as laid down by
WHO:

16. I. Thinking
Skills
Self-awareness
Empathy
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking

17. Problem Solving
Decision Making
Effective Communication
Interpersonal Relationship
II - Social Skills

18. III - Self-management
Coping with Stress
Coping with Emotion

19. Outcomes of Life Skills-Based Education:
 Coping with anxiety
 Avoid violent behaviour
 Increase pro -social behaviour and decreased negative
 Increase the ability to plan ahead and choose effective
problems
 Improve self-image
 Self-awareness
 Social and emotional adjustment
 Increase acquisition of knowledge
 Improve positive behaviour
 Gains in self-control and
 Handling of interpersonal Relationship

20. Conclusion:
 People should be aware of the consequences of mental
and must give utmost importance to keep the mind
like the way the physical body is kept healthy.
 Life Skills are psychosocial competences which enable
individual develop adaptive and positive behaviour so as
deal effectively with challenges and demands of
 Life skills instruction which implied by WHO these
gradually attain their good mental health.

22. Thank You
By
Dr.K.CHELLAPANDIAN
Assistant Professor of Commerce
Vivekananda College
Tiruvedakam West
Madurai – 625 234
Tamil Nadu