Abstract: Realizing the significance of education for the all-round development of individuals, people and state try to utilize all the resources in the field of education to make man a ‘perfect being’. In the journey towards success, students often fail to make adequate interaction and associating with peers, teachers, and members of the family and significant others due to lack of mental health. In this context the researcher attempts to establish an integrated intervention methods improve the mental health of the secondary school adolescent students. The study was conducted among 160 students of standard IX (experimental group=80 and control group =80). Mental Health Questionnaire (Biju, 2014,) integrated intervention methods include Lesson transcripts based on Cooperative Learning Method, SQ3R, Graphic Organizers, Key Word Techniques, Mnemonic Method and Mindfulness Training. The Experimental group were given 50 intervention sessions of 40 minutes duration spread over five months. Lesson transcripts based on integrated intervention method including activity –oriented method and Mental Health Questionnaire (Biju, 2014) were used as tools. Statistical techniques such as ‘ANOVA, ANCOVA and Adjusted Mean’ were used. The result revealed that Integrated Intervention Program (IIP) has significantly improved the mental health among the Experimental Group. Integrated intervention methods of teaching and learning should be encouraged and incorporated among the schools and colleges since it has proved itself to be a more effective method for enhancing mental health and thereby overall development of the students.
Keywords: Mental Health, Integrated Intervention Methods, Academic achievement.