Mental health refers to our emotional, psychological, and social well-being and how we think, feel and act. It affects how we handle stress and relate to others. Mental illness involves changes in emotion, thinking or behavior that interfere with daily life. Factors that influence mental health include neurobiological factors, cultural factors, psychosocial factors like ego function and defense mechanisms, and stress and illness. A normal person may not always have good mental health but can still function daily, while those with mental illness have daily functions affected.

1. By
Norliza abd mutalib
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2. Learning outcome
LO1
- Describe the concept of mental health and
mental illness
LO2
- Describe factors that influence mental
health

5. Important facts
• A normal individual may not have good
mental health at all times, but still be able
to perform daily activities as usual.
• In contrast, to those with mental illness,
where daily functions will be affected.

6. What Is Mental Health?
• Mental health includes our emotional,
psychological, and social well-being. It
affects how we think, feel, and act. It also
helps determine how we handle stress,
relate to others, and make choices. Mental
health is important at every stage of life,
from childhood and adolescence through
adulthood.

7. What is Mental Illness?
• Mental illness are health conditions involving
changes in emotion, thinking or behavior (or a
combination of these). Mental illnesses are
associated with distress and/or problems
functioning in social, work or family activities.
• A mental illness is a clinically diagnosable
disorder that significantly interferes with an
individual's cognitive, emotional & or social
abilities.

8. Comparison between mental
health and mental illness
mental health:
• Thougts?
• Emotion?
• Behaviour?
mental illness:
• Thougts?
• Emotion?
• Behaviour?

9. Factors influencing mental
health
Neurobiological factors
Cultural factors
Psychosocial factors
- Ego funtion and health
- Defense mechanism
Stress and illness

10. Questions
1. The definition of mental health is the
ability to
a) Handle with crisis
b) Maintain personal hygiene
c) Controlling family emotions
d) Solve problem at minimal level

11. Questions
2. State 4 factors that influence mental health
(4 marks)

12.  List the various type of defence
mechanism

13. Thank you