What Are Mental Health Topics?

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Co-Occurring Disorders

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Eating Disorders/Body Image

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Mood Disorders

(Depression) Psychosis and Schizophrenia.

What are the 5 examples of mental health?

  • Anxiety disorders. …
  • Behavioural and emotional disorders in children. …
  • Bipolar affective disorder. …
  • Depression. …
  • Dissociation and dissociative disorders. …
  • Eating disorders. …
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder. …
  • Paranoia.

What are the 7 components of mental health?

  • In-person therapy. …
  • Community. …
  • Physical health. …
  • Intellectual health. …
  • Environmental health. …
  • Boundaries. …
  • Self care.

What are the 3 things mental health includes?

Mental health includes

our emotional, psychological, and social well-being

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What are the topics under mental health?


Co-Occurring Disorders

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Eating Disorders/Body Image

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Mood Disorders

(Depression) Psychosis and Schizophrenia.

What are the 5 signs of mental illness?

  • Excessive paranoia, worry, or anxiety.
  • Long-lasting sadness or irritability.
  • Extreme changes in moods.
  • Social withdrawal.
  • Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping pattern.

What are the 4 types of mental health?

  • mood disorders (such as depression or bipolar disorder)
  • anxiety disorders.
  • personality disorders.
  • psychotic disorders (such as schizophrenia)
  • eating disorders.
  • trauma-related disorders (such as post-traumatic stress disorder)
  • substance abuse disorders.

What are examples of good mental health?

  • spending quality time with close friends and family.
  • working in a job or finding an activity that is meaningful, which can provide a sense of purpose.
  • learning a new skill such as painting, singing, knitting, or a foreign language which can provide a sense of pride and achievement.

What is poor mental health?

Simply put, this is when our mental health is not what we would want it to be. Finding it difficult to manage how we think, feel,

act with respect to daily stresses

could be a sign of poor mental health. Having continuous episodes of mental ill health could indicate a problem.

How do you get mental health?

  1. Get plenty of sleep. Sleep is really important for our physical and mental health. …
  2. Eat well. …
  3. Avoid alcohol, smoking and drugs. …
  4. Get plenty of sunlight. …
  5. Manage stress. …
  6. Activity and exercise. …
  7. Do something you enjoy. …
  8. Connect with others and be sociable.

What are the 8 areas of self care?

There are 8 main areas of self-care:

physical, psychological, emotional, social, professional, environmental, spiritual, and financial

. Movement of the body, health, nutrition, sleep and resting needs.

What are the 6 components of mental health?

The Ryff Scale is based on six factors:

autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance

. Higher total scores indicate higher psychological well-being.

What is normal mental health?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) : “Mental health is a state of well-being in which

an individual realizes his or her own abilities

, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”

What activities help mental health?

Evidence has suggested that physical exercise is an effective intervention in mental health care. Aerobic activities like

jogging, swimming, cycling, walking and dancing

have been found to reduce anxiety and depression.

How can I improve my mental health without medication?

  1. Meditation.
  2. Yoga.
  3. Fitness and nutrition.
  4. Acupuncture.
  5. Massage therapy.

What is a mental breakdown?

The term “nervous breakdown” is sometimes used by people to describe

a stressful situation in which they’re temporarily unable to function normally in day-to-day life

. It’s commonly understood to occur when life’s demands become physically and emotionally overwhelming.

Charlene Dyck
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Charlene Dyck
Charlene is a software developer and technology expert with a degree in computer science. She has worked for major tech companies and has a keen understanding of how computers and electronics work. Sarah is also an advocate for digital privacy and security.