The Mental Health Continuum Key Indicators
Instructions: Now that you’ve watched the video, recall the key indicators across the Mental Health Continuum from green to red.
| Healthy | Reacting | Injured | Ill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changes in Mood |
Normal mood fluctuations Calm Confident |
Irritable Impatient Nervous Sadness |
Angry Anxious Pervasive sadness |
Easily enraged Excessive anxiety/panic Depressed mood, numb |
| Changes in Thinking and Attitude |
Good sense of humor Takes things in stride Ability to concentrate and focus on tasks |
Displaced sarcasm Intrusive thoughts Sometimes distracted or loss of focus on tasks |
Negative attitude Recurrent intrusive thoughts Constantly distracted or cannot focus on tasks |
Noncompliant Suicidal thoughts/intent Inability to concentrate, loss of memory or cognitive abilities |
| Changes in Behaviour and Performance |
Physically and socially active Present Performing well |
Decreased activity/socializing Present but distracted Procrastination |
Avoidance Tardiness Decreased performance |
Withdrawal Absenteeism Can’t perform duties/tasks |
| Physical Changes |
Normal sleep patterns Good appetite Feeling energetic Maintaining a stable weight |
Trouble sleeping Changes in eating patterns Some lack of energy Some weight gain or loss |
Restless sleep Loss of appetite Some tiredness or fatigue Fluctuations or changes in weight |
Cannot fall/stay asleep No appetite Constant and prolonged fatigue or exhaustion Extreme weight gain or loss |
| Changes in Addictive Behaviours |
Limited alcohol consumption, no binge drinking Limited/no addictive behaviours No trouble/impact due to substance use |
Regular to frequent alcohol consumption, limited binge drinking Some to regular addictive behaviours Limited to some trouble/impact due to substance use |
Frequent alcohol consumption, binge drinking Struggle to control addictive behaviours Increasing trouble/impact due to substance use |
Regular to frequent binge drinking Addiction Significant trouble/impact due to substance use |
