The Reading / Listening - Mental Health - Level 0

Half of us will have at least one mental health problem by the age of 75. A study said the most common problem was mood disorders like depression. Men and women have different problems. The most common problems for women were depression and phobias. Men suffered most from alcohol abuse and depression.

The researchers looked at 32 health surveys from 156,000 people. They found out when mental health problems first start. An important finding was that a lot of children have mental disorders. Young people need more help. They need services that treat their mental health problems.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Mental Health - Level 1 Mental Health - Level 2   or  Mental Health - Level 3

Sources
  • https://newatlas.com/health-well-being/half-population-predicted-to-develop-mental-health-disorder-by-75/
  • https://neurosciencenews.com/mental-health-population-23724/
  • https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-01/half-population-mental-health-disorders-queensland-study/102668734


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Half of
  2. have at least
  3. mental health
  4. by the
  5. the most
  6. mood disorders like
  7. depression and
  8. alcohol
  1. depression
  2. problem
  3. abuse
  4. common problem
  5. us will
  6. phobias
  7. one
  8. age of 75

Paragraph 2

  1. researchers looked at 32
  2. 156,000
  3. They found
  4. when mental health problems
  5. An important
  6. a lot
  7. Young people need
  8. treat their
  1. first start
  2. more help
  3. finding
  4. mental health problems
  5. people
  6. health surveys
  7. out when
  8. of children

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

(1) ___________________ will have (2) ___________________ mental health problem (3) ___________________ of 75. A study said the most common problem was (4) ___________________ depression. Men and women (5) ___________________. The most common problems for women were depression and phobias. Men (6) ___________________ alcohol abuse and depression.

The researchers (7) ___________________ health surveys from 156,000 people. They (8) ___________________ mental health problems first start. An important (9) ___________________ a lot of children (10) ___________________. Young people (11) ___________________. They need services (12) ___________________ mental health problems.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Halfofuswillhaveatleastonementalhealthproblembytheageof75.Ast
udysaidthemostcommonproblemwasmooddisorderslikedepression.
Menandwomenhavedifferentproblems.Themostcommonproblemsf
orwomenweredepressionandphobias.Mensufferedmostfromalcohol
abuseanddepression.Theresearcherslookedat32healthsurveysfrom
156,000people.Theyfoundoutwhenmentalhealthproblemsfirststart.
Animportantfindingwasthatalotofchildrenhavementaldisorders.You
ngpeopleneedmorehelp.Theyneedservicesthattreattheirmentalheal
thproblems.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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