Research Question:
What are positive and negative influences on adolescent mental health?
Step 1: Open a NoodleTools Project to create and store your source citations.
Step 2: Cite each of the Must Read Articles (see column on the right!) in your NoodleTools Project.
Step 3: Read and take notes from the Must Read Articles.
Step 4: Use the databases and websites to collect information about teen mental health issues and solutions.
Step 5: Read and take notes (open your Notes page in your Google Drive) from the new sources you selected.
Step 6: Organize your information and plot out where to put it on the pamphlet. This SAMPLE PAMPHLET has a layout suggestion and tips for completing the project.
Step 7: Consult the RUBRIC to make sure your brochure meets all of the requirements!
Sample Mental Health Brochure by Cheryl Shaw
Teen Guide to Managing Mental Health
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The percentage of American teens struggling with mental health concerns is rising every year. Learning to recognize the signs of both everyday stress and serious mood disorders, such as anxiety and depression, can help teens respond in healthy and constructive ways. This book examines some of the most well-studied and successful ways to maintain positive mental health.
Understanding Mental Health
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For young people, leading a healthy lifestyle requires education and empowerment. In Understanding Mental Health, readers will explore the history and social aspects of mental illness, teen mental health issues, and ways to help themselves and others. Sidebars challenge and expand readers' thinking while relating topics to 21st Century skills and themes--from creativity and innovation to financial literacy. Book also includes a table of contents, author biography, glossary, index, further reading, and suggested websites.
Exercise for Physical and Mental Health
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You know that exercise and physical activity can change the way your body looks, helping you lose weight and build muscle. But did you know that exercise also changes the way you think? Find out how exercise affects your body and your mind, improving your physical health and helping you to feel good about yourself. Discover the science behind how exercise helps you avoid health problems and how working out can lift your mood. Learn how to create a workout plan and stick with it!
Heads Up
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Key Selling Points It's time to open up about mental health. One in five children and youth in Canada are affected by mental illness right now. And less than half of the youth who seek services get the help they need. This is the one book every kid, family, teacher and youth counsellor should have on their shelf. This is a unique book geared toward youth who need the complete lowdown on mental health, mental illness, trauma and recovery. This book showcases the candid and courageous real-life stories of young people's experiences with mental health struggles and their amazing resilience. In Heads Up, the histories, mysteries and latest science of mental health are explored with intelligence and heart by the author, who is a youth and family counsellor. This book moves beyond the biomedical approach to mental health and considers the effects of trauma, poverty, racism and social inequality.
Move
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Millions of young people face mental health challenges, such as depression, anxiety, and even everyday stress. Regular physical activity can promote the release of natural "feel good" chemicals in the brain, boost energy levels, improve self-esteem, make you feel more connected to others, and help ease the types of stress we all experience from time to time. This book shows how physical activity helps reduce mental health risks and maintain overall well-being.
MUST READ Article #1:
MUST READ Article #2:
Citation:
"Mental Health." Nemours Teen Health, Nemours Children's Health, 2025, kidshealth.org/en/teens/your-mind/mental-health?ref=search. Accessed 8 Sept. 2025. (Change this date to the day YOU used the website.)
Citation:
"About Children's Mental Health." CDC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9 June 2025, www.cdc.gov/children-mental-health/about/. Accessed 8 Sept. 2025. (Change this date to the day YOU used the website.)
