Mental Health

Mental Health

Mental
Mental Health
Health

The
The state
state of
of equilibrium
equilibrium
between
a
person
between a person and
and
their
socio-cultural
their socio-cultural
environment
environment that
that
guarantees
guarantees their
their work,
work,
intellectual
intellectual and
and
relationship
relationship to
to achieve
achieve
well-being
well-being and
and quality
quality of
of
life
life participation.
participation.

The
The concepts
concepts of
of mental
mental
health
include
health include
subjective
subjective well-being,
well-being,
autonomy
autonomy and
and
emotional
emotional potential,
potential,
among
among others
others

Mental
Mental Health
Health

According
According to
to
statistics
statistics from
from
the
the World
World Health
Health
Organization
Organization
(WHO),
(WHO), mental
mental
health
health problems
problems
account
account for
for about
about
15%
15% of
of the
the global
global
burden
burden of
of disease
disease

Mental
Mental health
health is
is
important
important at
at all
all
stages
stages of
of life,
life,
from
childhood
from childhood
and
and adolescence
adolescence
to
to adulthood
adulthood

It
It relates
relates to
to the
the
reasoning,
reasoning,
emotions
emotions and
and
behavior
behavior in
in
different
different
situations
situations of
of daily
daily
life
life

It
It also
also helps
helps
determine
determine how
how to
to
manage
manage stress,
stress,
living
living with
with others
others
and
and make
make
important
important
decisions
decisions..

Dimensional aspects of mental

abnormality.
Suffering:

Is the "pain of the soul",

the lack of comfort,
discomfort that is
consistent, in some cases
due to biological factors,
there is a physical cause
and bodily dysfunction; in
others, the pain and
psychological suffering
are derived from ideas,
existential events,
souvenirs and other
things that are not
tangible and referred to
current issues.

maladaptive
behavior

Loss of control

It is an effective and
negative feelings the
individual behavior
relates to the behavioral
part, that is, to what he
does. Adaptation
describes an individual's
ability to interact with
their environment, to
face successfully the
problems and to adjust
and run before any
changes in environmental
demands

Control, mental health,

refers to the
predictability over
time that shows a
person with regard to
their behavior.
Connotes the ability to
anticipate the reaction
of a person known to a
particular event

Mental health is
determined by various
factors:
Promotion and
Prevention

Treatment approach

Rehabilitation

Stress
Stress and
and emotions
emotions

Your
Your body
body responds
responds to
to
stress
by
making
stress
stress by making stress
hormones
hormones

These
These hormones
hormones help
help
your
body
respond
your body respond to
to
situations
situations of
of extreme
extreme
need.
need.

But
But when
when your
your body
body
makes
makes too
too many
many of
of
these
hormones
for
these hormones for a
a
long
long period
period of
of time,
time, the
the
hormones
hormones wear
wear down
down
your
your body
body and
and
emotions.
emotions.

Relaxation
Relaxation methods
methods
such
as
deep
such as deep breathing
breathing
and
and meditation,
meditation, and
and
exercise
are
also
useful
exercise are also useful
ways
ways to
to cope
cope with
with
stress.
stress.

Treatment
Treatment

Counseling, support
groups and medicines
can help people who
have emotional
problems or suffering
from mental

Improving emotional
health
Express your feelings appropriately.
Live a balanced life.
Develop tolerance for adversity.
Take care of yourself
Calm your mind and spirit.

My emotions affect my health

Your body responds to the way you
think, feel and act. This is often called
the mind and body connection.
The following symptoms may be
evidence that your emotional health
is out of balance:
Change in appetite
Chest pain
Constipation or diarrhea
Dry mouth
Excessive tiredness
generalized aches and
pains
insomnia (difficulty

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