For more Info visit www.healthlibrary.com "Lifestyle And Mental Health" by Ms. Vijayanka Shah held on 31st May 2016. Mental health professionals have significantly underestimated the importance of lifestyle factors (a) as contributors to and treatments for multiple psychopathologies, (b) for fostering individual and social well-being, and (c) for preserving and optimizing cognitive function. Consequently, therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLCs) are underutilized despite considerable evidence of their effectiveness in both clinical and normal populations. TLCs are sometimes as effective as either psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy and can offer significant therapeutic advantages. Important TLCs include exercise, nutrition and diet, time in nature, relationships, recreation, relaxation and stress management, religious or spiritual involvement, and service to others.

1. Lifestyle and Mental HealthLifestyle and Mental Health
by
Vijayanka C Shah
Psychologist, Therapeutic Yoga
Consultant, Educationist
(Matunga and Ghatkopar)
Date: 31st
May, 2016

2. Our present day Lifestyle is inspiredOur present day Lifestyle is inspired
from:from:
Media.
Our own beliefs.
Our environment.
Family upbringing.
In the race to achieve /win, to defeat
someone, to show, to mask oneself, get
more power, to dominate, to overpower.

3. Which road to choose?Which road to choose?

4. Choice factorChoice factor
We always make a conscious choice right
from the time we take birth.
Awareness quotient.

6. There is right understandingThere is right understanding
between we making a choice andbetween we making a choice and
executing it.executing it.

8. What is lifestyle?What is lifestyle?
A particular way of living : the way a
person lives or a group of people live.
This means that it comprises each and
every aspect of our life.

9. Mental HealthMental Health
Mental health is a level
of psychological well-being, or an absence
of a mental illness. It is the "psychological
state of someone who is functioning at a
satisfactory level of emotional and
behavioral adjustment

10. According to WHOAccording to WHO
Mental health is subjective well-being,
perceived self-efficacy, autonomy,
competence, inter-generational dependence,
and self-actualization of one's intellectual and
emotional potential, among others." The
WHO further states that the well-being of
an individual is encompassed in the
realization of their abilities, coping with
normal stresses of life, productive work and
contribution to their community

11. Lifestyle and mental healthLifestyle and mental health
TLC – Therapeutic Lifestyle changes
PLC- Preventive lifestyle changes
Therapeutic lifestyle is the central focus
in 21st
century in mental, medical and
public health.

12. Lifestyle Factors that affect mentalLifestyle Factors that affect mental
healthhealth
Conscious movements – Yoga, Exercise
Food – quality, quantity, the way we prepare
food, right choice, when to eat, what to eat
Relaxation and contemplation
Healthy relationships – with self, family,
Nature
Communication in all spheres
Environmental factors
In tune with Nature
Sleep pattern

13. Contd..Contd..
Media exposure
Our list of desires transforming into
needs
Way we respond to situations

14. Benefits of Lifestyle ChangesBenefits of Lifestyle Changes
Improves our style of reacting
Induces relaxation response
Pacifies sympathetic nervous system
Improves relationships
Anger management
Improves our food habits and sleep
patterns
Improves our cognitive abilities
Improves our cognitive, attentional,
emotional, spiritual wellbeing

15. Benefits of Lifestyle ChangesBenefits of Lifestyle Changes
Acts as preventive care
Improves immunity
Reduces the risk for neuronal
degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s
Reduces risk for mood, eating disorders
depression
Improves quality of life, self esteem
Improves emotional wellbeing

16. Contd..Contd..
Improves post surgical mental health and
fastens healing.
Reduces psychopathology.
Reduces chronic pain.
Reduces symptoms of stress, depression,
and ADHD and to foster community
benefits.
TLCs can be potent. They can ameliorate
prostate cancer, reverse coronary
arteriosclerosis, and be as effective as
psychotherapy or medication for treating
some depressive disorders.

17. Healthy RelationshipsHealthy Relationships
How often we feel we are not in sync
with current relationships?
How many people are
Practice Gratitude
Social integrity
Domain of intimacy
Benefits:
Reduces the health risk from common
cold to stroke, mortality, and multiple
psychopathologies

18. Conscious Movement,Conscious Movement,
Relaxation and contemplationRelaxation and contemplation
Let us start with some body movements
Practice : Relaxation Technique
Create a Relaxation response
Relaxation Reflex

19. Relaxing before mealsRelaxing before meals
Relaxation is restorative, grounding, and centering.
It facilitates digestion.
It aids in stress management to help prevent
emotional overeating.
It primes the sense of smell, which leverages
maximum enjoyment and facilitates fullness.
Preloading with smell and flavor prior to eating
facilitates satiety, or fullness.
Breath-focused relaxation can help promote
awareness of fullness, which helps prevent overeating.
Relaxation provides a reality check through the
rediscovery of your physical or bodily dimension.

20. Let us take a step towards changingLet us take a step towards changing
our Lifestyleour Lifestyle
Awareness quotient
Acceptance
Openness / flexibility quotient.
Willingness to learn.
Willingness to change , to execute.

21. Vijayanka C ShahVijayanka C Shah
Psychologist, Therapeutic YogaPsychologist, Therapeutic Yoga
Trainer,Trainer,
EducationistEducationist
093230 36862093230 36862
vijayanka7@gmail.comvijayanka7@gmail.com
Matunga, GhatkoparMatunga, Ghatkopar
Yoga Therapy, CounselingYoga Therapy, Counseling
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