Muet essay :
" Many factors affect the mental wellbeing of students / children at all levels of education."
Based on the statement above, state your opinion. Provide the causes and solutions to the issue stated.
CAUSES : EFFECTS: SOLUTIONS:
Experts cite anxiety and a prolonged state of mental
depression as the main causes health problems could make
of mental health problems students become withdrawn,
among students although not suffer from schizophrenia and
ruling out the influence of drugs develop the inclination to
as a factor. commit suicide.
anxiety developed from trauma, anxiety could be attributed to the administration of
emotional disorders such as pressure of examinations that medication regularly can control
bulimia, developmental might instil fear in students. and prevent a person from
disorders such as hyperactivity, sliding towards mental illness
behaviourial disorders and
severe stress due to family
problems.
did not rule out the possibility In a state of restlessness, a - once a child was
of mental health problems student would normally diagnosed to have a
stemming from the pressure experience heavy sweating at all mental health problem,
from parents for their children times and a pounding heart, treatment could be
to excel in the academic field. inability to sleep at night and administered through
insomnia that could take a toll the biopsychosocial way
on his or her health if these with an individual
were to prolong, he said. interacting with the
patient so that the
latter did not feel
isolated and did not act
aggressively.
- the individual should be
given guidance and
support by those
around him or her,
especially parents, to
rebuild his or her
confidence.
The occurrence of mental the symptoms of a mental A student should always find
health issues among students is health disorder can appear as a someone they trust to talk to
caused by many factors, physical problem too, such as when they face any problem, to
including peer pressure, harsh stomach pain, back pain, relieve their burden and stress.
parenting styles, family conflicts headache or other unexplained
and many other reasons. aches and pains. A parent or a teacher is always
the best people to talk to as
Among all the reasons, the they have more life experience
survey has stated that the and can give constructive
biggest reason that pushed advice, but not all parents and
them to the brink was due to teachers are understanding.
family problems, such as not
having a harmonious family life. If a parent or a teacher is not
someone you can open up to,
consider talking to a peer
counsellor as they are trained to
listen to their peer’s problems
and help them to find their
answers.
These factors include life
experiences such as trauma or
abuse, biological factors such as
genes or chemistry of the brain,
and even the family history of
mental health problems can
affect an individual.
Poor mental health is also People suffering from mental Taking care of mental health
linked with stressful work health issues show various not only is getting help from
conditions, rapid social changes, symptoms such as little or no professionals when needed but
gender discrimination, gender energy, pushing away people also connecting with other,
discrimination, social exclusion, and pulling themselves back getting involved in physical
physical illness and human from regular activities, loss of activities, helping others,
rights violation. sleep or the will to eat, getting enough sleep and
smoking, drinking or doing staying positive that there is a
drugs, feeling helpless, yelling way out
and fighting, losing temper very
quickly, harming themselves
and many more.
Quarantine and self‐isolation the separation from loved ones, To overcome this, measures at
can most likely cause a negative loss of freedom, boredom, and the individual and societal levels
impact on one's mental health uncertainty can cause a are required. Under the current
deterioration in an individual's global situation, both children
mental health status and adults are experiencing a
mix of emotions
Children, away from their Kids can experience anxiety, - To help offset negative
school, friends, and colleagues, distress, social isolation, and an behaviors, requires
staying at home can have many abusive environment that can parents to remain calm,
questions about the outbreak have short‐ or long‐term effects deal with the situation
and they look toward their on their mental health wisely, and answer all
parents or caregivers to get the of the child's questions
answer. Not all children and to the best of their
parents respond to stress in the abilities.
same way - help to reassure them
that they are safe at
home and encourage
them to engage in some
healthy activities
including indoor sports
and some physical and
mental exercises
- can also develop a
home schedule that can
help their children to
keep up with their
studies
These stressors can cause - Universal screening to
mental health challenges for identify students in
anyone and can cause acute need
symptoms to appear for people - Students can complete
who may experience preexisting questionnaires using
mental health challenges. paper-and-pencil
surveys or, more
appropriately for online
instruction phases,
through online, secure
questionnaires.
Catch phrases:
- '16-year-old girl killed herself after her Instagram followers voted for her death’
- ‘Student found dead on the day of PT3 exam’
- ‘Private university reels from two student suicides in space of a week’
- ‘Depressed student allegedly commits suicide’
- These shocking titles have been showing up in the headlines of various Malaysia’s newspapers
and online media in recent years and it’s actually a worrying situation
- At one point, mental health was considered taboo, and anyone seeking help was labelled as
mentally ill. Mental health and mental illness are not similar things.
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