There are many different types of mental health illnesses. In this section I am going to be explaining three mental health illnesses in detail. The three mental health illnesses that I have chosen to write about are; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ phobias and eating disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Definition Obsessive compulsive disorder is a mental health condition and a serious anxiety-related condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour
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Introduction What is Mental Health. Mental Health is defined as state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities‚ function in society‚ and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. A person’s overall emotional and psychological condition.(TheFreeDictionary.com2017) The mental health person does not have the capability of the people in normal society they can be put in centers and sometimes shipped to
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Mental health problems are becoming increasingly prevalent in society‚ especially in youths. One of the main mental health issues faced by today’s youth is depression. There are many psychological‚ cultural and social factors that contribute to a serious mental condition‚ such as depression. The main five Primary Health Care principles are appropriate technology‚ health promotion‚ community participation‚ accessibility and inter-sectoral collaboration. These Primary Health Care principles work hand
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Madeline Robbins People with mental and physical disabilities have been ridiculed and treated as though they are not equal to the rest of society. Many people in our society have Down syndrome and have struggled to gain rights to go to school‚ have a job‚ and live a normal life. Down syndrome is when one is born with an extra chromosome. He or she has 3 copies of the 21 chromosome and 47 total chromosomes instead of 46. This extra chromosome can cause many physical health issues. People with Down syndrome
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Youth Mental Health and Well-Being Survey By Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin Woo Pei Jun Cheong Sau Kuan Department of Psychology School of Health & Natural Sciences Sunway University College Introduction and Literature Review The rates of mental health problems amongst Malaysian teenagers have been noted to be quite high. At present the percentage of emotional problems is 49% and aggressiveness is 41%. These findings were highlighted by the Ministry of Health’s Healthy Life-Style Campaign National Mental Health
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more in this last decade. However‚ mental health treatment has limited studies on evidence-based practices and guidelines compared to other specialty areas in the healthcare setting. As a mental health nurse practitioner‚ holistic care is a key component utilized daily to provide clients with mental illness effective‚ health-promoting treatment. This purpose of this paper is to analyze a qualitative study conducted where participants‚ in a recovery stage of mental illness‚ were interviewed regarding
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Mental Health and Religion · Abstract The aim of this investigation was to study the relationship between good mental health and religion. To study a group of participants I designed a questionnaire‚ which used a likert scale‚ and the data collected was analysed using a program on SPSS. The data collected had a significant negative correlation‚ so the results were similar to those from other studies examining religion and its relationship with mental health. In general the individuals who
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What is mental health? Mental health is a state of well-being in which a person understands 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. Both physical and mental health are the result of a complex interplay between many individual and environmental factors‚ including: * family history of illness and disease/genetics * lifestyle and health behaviours (e.g.‚ smoking‚ exercise
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Mental Health : An Introduction Mental disorders are malfunctions of the brain. These malfunctions create changes in thought‚ emotions and perceptions in the patient. Mental disorders are mainly caused by the imbalance of chemicals in the brain. Having a mental disorder does not suggest that the patient is ‘crazy’ or ‘a lunatic’. One of four families will have at least one member suffering from a mental disorder. Four hundred and fifty million out of the world population are currently affected
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Mental health and the need for mental health awareness has become a rising issue in society in recent years; youth health classes have started to include mental health units as part of the curriculum‚ and some of the stigma that comes with seeing therapists and admitting to mental health disorder has lessened. However‚ this is not the case with every demographic in America. In a piece titled‚ “Asian-Americans Tackle Mental Health Stigma‚” published on WebMD‚ author Katherine Kam explains the wide
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