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2. WHAT IS
MENTAL
HEALTH
Mental health, defined by the World
Health Organization, is "a state of well-
being in which the individual realizes his
or her own abilities, 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
3. HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH
• The history of mental illness is not a distinctly new condition. Genetically, along with the chemical and physical
attack which certain individuals may cause were often part of human lives, the forces underlying some
illnesses.
• However, how affected individuals are handled by their colleagues and how patients can get support from their
doctors has been revised considerably.
• Indeed, western societies have witnessed a profound change, including understanding and dealing with an
illness.
• However, much effort still needs to be undertaken to meet the full capacity of people with a mental illness.
4. THEHISTORYOFINHUMANMENTALHEALTHTRTEATMENT:
• Mentally ill were considered to be possessed by devils.
• Patients were locked up in tall jail like buildings, far removed from the centre of population, alienated from the rest of society
• During the 20th century,psychiatry began to make scientific advance.
5. CHARACTERSTICS OF A MENTALLY
HEALTHY PERSON
1. A mentally healthy person has an ability to make adjustments.
2. A mentally healthy person has a sense of personal worth, feels worthwhile and
important.
3. A mentally healthy person solves his problems largely by his own efforts and makes
his own decisions.
4. He has a sense of personal security and feels secure in a group, shows
understanding of other people’s problems and motives.
5. A mentally healthy person has a sense of responsibility
6. He can give and accept love.
6.
7. WARNING SIGNALS FOR POOR
MEMNTAL HEALTH
Some early signs of poor mental health might :
being easily distracted
worrying more
finding it hard to make decisions
feeling less interested in day-to-day activities
low mood
feeling overwhelmed by things
tearfulness
tiredness and lack of energy
sleeping more or less
talking less and avoiding social activities
8. TYPES OF
MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES
AND ILLNESSES
• Anxiety disorders
• Behavioural and emotional disorders in
children
• Bipolar affective disorder
• Depression
• Dissociation and dissociative disorders
• Eating disorders
9. WHAT CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS?
Genetics.
Environment.
Childhood trauma.
Stressful events: like losing a loved one, or being in a car accident.
Negative thoughts.
Unhealthy habits: like not getting enough sleep, or not eating.
10. HUMAN RIGHTS OF MENTALLY ILL
"ALL PERSONS WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS GROUNDS OF MENTAL ILLNESS ..." UN 1991
OR WHO ARE BEING TREATED AS SUCH PERSONS,SHALL BE TREATED WITH
HUMANITY AND RESPECT FOR THE INHERENT DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON...
11. PREVENTIONS
PRIMARY PREVENTION : Improving the social environment, promotion of social,
emotional and physical well being of all people. Working for better living health.
SECONDARY PREVENTION : Early diagnosis of mental illness and of social and
emotional disturbances through screening programme in schools, university, industry
and provision of treatment facilities. Family based health services have much role to
play . Family counseling is also a method for helping the ill.
TERTIARY PREVENTION : It aims to reduce the duration of mental illness and thus
reduce the stress they create for the family and the community. The goal at this level
is to prevent further break down and disruption.
12. METHODOLOGY
The strategy connected in conducting a investigate on why mental wellbeing is vital depended on
survey .
The investigate pointed at gathering information procured from different bunches inside the society.
Members were chosen from distinctive sex. This incited members in each gather to be differently
dispersed in sexual orientation, age bunch and instructive levels. The members extended between
eighteen a long time and over. The members were asked to take part in a overview deciding why rise to
get to to contraception is imperative. The study was conducted online.
The surveys and overviews were hence chosen as strategies of collecting information as they diminish
the rate of gathering one-sided investigate comes about. Subsequently, they guarantee one-sided
discoveries are not utilized in a inquire about.
More vitally, the strategies watch moral contemplations likely to influence members will and want
within the information collection strategy. For illustration, the surveys that were messaged guaranteed
members willing to take part whereas keeping up secrecy give their input
13. RESULTS
The questionnaires were posed for participants from people of various age, education
and profession in various part of the world (mostly participants were from Asian
region). The participants were concentrating in their specific work field along with
their personal sexual life.
In my research have taken 30 participants,13males & 17 females .
20. CONCLUSION
Hypothesis presented by us were found to be true. We got sufficient data supporting
our hypothesis. Mental health care improves quality of life was the first hypothesis
and it was found to be true with the responses filled by participants.
there are 3 things that are improving quality of life here. First is it is preventing people
from unwanted mental illness.
mental health is really important to live a quality and happy life. The mental health
education should be given in younger age .
