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Please respond to the 3 students post:
1. Adolescence is a critical developmental period during which successful regulation of intense negative emotions is necessary to decrease the risk of developing psychopathology (Shapero et al, 2019). Cognitive reappraisal is one element of adolescent cognitive behavioral therapy. Cognitive reappraisal training in adolescents has been shown to moderate the relationship between adverse life experience and psychological distress (Shapero et al, 2019) and decrease fear (Shore et al, 2017). These results were achieved by teaching brief retraining exercises to adolescents. One such activity involved providing a negative stimulus, but helping the adolescent exposed to the stimulus assign a positive interpretation of what they were seeing (Shore et al, 2017). Although results seem promising that training adolescents in cognitive reappraisal can reduce psychological distress, there are difficulties in being able to perform such training effectively.
The prefrontal cortex plays a critical role in both the generation and regulation of emotion (Dixon et al, 2017). In adolescents, the prefrontal cortex is structurally immature (Shore et al, 2017). Because of alterations in signaling that relate to the reward system which motivates behavior and the developing prefrontal cortex which regulates impulse control, adolescents are more likely to be involved with high-risk behaviors and have heightened response to emotionally loaded situations (Alderman, 2019). Adolescents also face unique psychosocial challenges. They are challenged with increasing independence and establishing identity (Alderman, 2019). The structure of the adolescent brain combined with the psychosocial factors make emotional regulation difficult compared to other age groups.
2. Within the mental health intervention program, mental health care professionals will instruct counselors, teachers, and assistants to provide intervention evaluations and surveys to students in the private domain and adolescents in the public domain over social media. All these information-gathering interviews and interventions will have a Health psychologist who helps promote problems solving issues using mindfulness, empathy, kindness, and active listening when consulted about the abusive activity. Group therapy is also available for student leaders and non-leaders to understand the feeling of sadness, anger, and others. The intervention’s main objective is mental health in adolescents, mental health literacy, individual, psychoeducational information, Mental Health Professionals, Services of Dept of Mental Health, Non-profit mental health support, active support educational service engagement, levels of mental health comprehension and streamlining active availability of services. Because the program is a student intervention with a project to help adolescents in an abusive situation over social media in the public domain, both will need further consultations (Bas Geboers *, Sijmen A. Reijneveld ID, Jaap A. R. Koot, and Andrea F. de Winter, 2018).
3.Physical health begins with a healthy mindset. An individual’s outlook on life and daily experiences and interactions impact their ability to maintain a positive attitude and healthy physical habits. In this way, the psychological approach to combating childhood obesity is vital in changing attitudes and outlooks regarding health habits and how children feel about their ability to fit in with their peers. Many overweight children suffer from low-self esteem due to a negative body image. The expectation that children (and families) will change with education alone is unrealistic. Behavioral interventions addressing how individuals think about their health and interact with their environment are necessary for combating obesity. The most important aspect of health outcomes is health literacy, or individuals’ and families’ ability to make informed decisions regarding their health and the health of those they care for (Geboers, et al., 2018).
Evidence supports the idea that there are significant medical and psychological consequences to ignoring the growing number of obese children and associated comorbidities. Often, obese children carry their unhealthy habits into adulthood, which leads to many health challenges later in life (Pulgaron, 2013). The topic of childhood obesity is complex; there is no single cause; therefore, there is no singular solution. Ideas, including increasing childhood activity and educating parents and children on the dangers of obesity, will help combat the upset in environment and energy, impacting children’s ability to maintain a healthy weight and energy levels (Anderson, 2006).
Students and their families will be provided with information concerning diet and exercise’s positive psychological and physical effects–particularly regarding children. Families will be encouraged to participate in activities that will increase their energy levels and become educated regarding foods that provide balanced nutrition. More importantly, parents and students will be taught the lifelong mental and physical consequences of obesity. These factors will play into the intervention program I am developing.