2.
Mental
Health:
Mental Health: A state of well-being in which
every individual realizes his or her own
potential, can cope with the normal stresses
of life, can work productively and fruitfully,
and is able to make a contribution to his or
her community (WHO, 2007).
3.
It refers to the kind of general mental health problems we can all
experience in certain stressful circumstances; For example, work
pressures can cause us to experience: poor concentration; mood swings
and sleep disturbance. Such problems are usually of temporary nature,
are relative to the demands a particular situation makes on us and
generally respond to support and reassurance.
Mental ill health:
4. Key Definitions
Stressor – environmental conditions that
cause individuals to experience stress
Eustress – positive stress that results from meeting challenges
and difficulties with the expectation of achievement
Distress – negative stress; often referred to simply as stress.
Often results in overload.
Job strain – function of workplace demands and the control an
individual has in meeting those demands.
Hans Selye
