Promoting Student Mental Health - A State of well being

179 178 Chapter Nine: Websites and Resources Relating to Mental Health Chapter Nine: Websites and Resources Relating to Mental Health 1 I found it hard to wind down 0 1 2 3 2 I was aware of dryness of my mouth 0 1 2 3 3 I couldn’t seem to experience any positive feeling at all 0 1 2 3 4 I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g., excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of 0 1 2 3 physical exertion) 5 I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things 0 1 2 3 6 I tended to over-react to situations 0 1 2 3 7 I experienced trembling (e.g., in the hands) 0 1 2 3 8 I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy 0 1 2 3 9 I was worried about situations in which I might panic & make a fool of myself 0 1 2 3 10 I felt that I had nothing to look forward to 0 1 2 3 11 I found myself getting agitated 0 1 2 3 12 I found it difficult to relax 0 1 2 3 13 I felt down-hearted and blue 0 1 2 3 14 I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing 0 1 2 3 15 I felt I was close to panic 0 1 2 3 16 I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything 0 1 2 3 17 I felt I wasn’t worth much as a person 0 1 2 3 18 I felt that I was rather touchy 0 1 2 3 19 I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (e.g. sense of heart rate increase, 0 1 2 3 heart missing a beat) 20 I felt scared without any good reason 0 1 2 3 21 I felt that life was meaningless 0 1 2 3 MOOD AND STRESS ASSESSMENT Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) DASS-21 can be used for students to have a quick self-assessment about their psychological health and current emotional state. It is also available on the website of the Counseling and Wellness Center: https://counsel.ust.hk/dass_form.php Please read each statement and circle a number 0, 1, 2 or 3 which indicates how much the statement applied to you over the past week. There is no right or wrong answer. Do not spend too much time on any statement. The rating scale is as follows: 0 Did not apply to me at all 1 Applied to me to some degree, or some of the time regarding change 2 Applied to me to a considerable degree, or a good part of time 3 Applied to me very much, or most of the time

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