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Mental Health Problem

It is a disturbance in the state of well-being of an individual. A person is having
mental health problem when he/she is:

 not able to realize his or her own potential,

 not able to cope with the normal stresses of life,

 not able to work productively and fruitfully, and

 not able to make a contribution to community.






Recognizing mental health problems

Persons having mental health problems may show disturbances in the domains
of thinking, emotion, physiology and behaviour. Thus, they may have
disturbances in any of these:

 sleep

 mood

 thinking

 perception

 social and intellectual functions

 communication and language

 attention, concentration, memory and other cognitive functions

 behaviour

Any person reporting with these symptoms need to be assessed for the different
conditions of mental disorders.

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 IDENTIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH

PROBLEMS

Mental Health
Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders. Mental health is
an integral part of health; indeed, there is no health without mental health.                             

The World Health Organization (WHO)
has included mental health component in
the definition of health by stating, "Health is a state of complete physical,mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease".

Thus, mental health is a state of well-being in which:

 every individual realizes his or her own potentials,



 can cope with the normal stresses of life,

 can work productively and fruitfully, and

 can make a contribution to her or his community.

Broadly, activities directly or indirectly related to the mental health are:

 promotion of well-being,

 the prevention of mental disorders, and

 the treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by mental disorders.