Fact Sheet:
What is mental health?
Mental health includes finding balance on all sides of
your life - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. This is
ability to enjoy life and face the challenges you face every day-
day - whether this includes the choice or the decision-making, adaptation and
coping with serious problems, or the expression of needs and
desire.
As your life and circumstances change constantly; the same
your mood, mind, and well-being. It is important to find
balance your life from time to time and in different situations. Naturally
feel you are out of balance sometimes: for example,
sad, worried, scared or suspicious. But can be a problem
these feelings if they interfere with your daily life
long time.
What causes mental health problems?
There are many beliefs as to why people have health problems
of the mind. According to scientific studies, there are many serious problems with
mental health caused by biochemical disturbances in the brain. Also believes
professionals have various causes related to psychology, society, and
The environment also affects your well-being. Mental health is
also affects the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual ones
part of your life. Stress affects your ability to do anything
part or all of these parts and it may hurt your
day-to-day management. You can be difficult because there is none
you have new skills and information that can help you.
You may be struggling with difficulties such as:
divorce death of a loved
one in life having a car accident
dealing with a health problem
growing up in a war-torn country, leaving your country
origin, or adaptation to the new country (usually, it is related
on immigration and resettlement experiences)
dealing with racism or other forms of prejudice
(due to sexual orientation, age, religion, culture, class, etc.)
having low wages or homelessness
not having equal access to education,
activities, and health care
having previously had mental health problems in the family, or
being a victim of violence, abuse, or other trauma.
Your mental health can also be affected to a lesser extent
the love, support and acceptance you get from your family and to
others.
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It is important to know that not all cultures view the same
mental health. For example, people have a foreign belief that people
with schizophrenia has special powers and knowledge.
Drinking alcohol and using other drugs do not usually cause
mental health problems. But they are often used to help
to solve the problem. They may even aggravate the health problem of
mental.
You and your healthcare provider need to work together to identify
The problem is, find out what might be causing or adding to your
difficulties, and how you can be helped. Whatever the cause, you should
know that you are not to blame for mental health problems. No
wants to have problems.
Types of mental health problems
Often the shape and type of mental health problems vary
different seasons.
Some people are very depressed. There are others who are anxious and
scared. A child may exhibit unusual behavior or
avoid others. There are those who eat less. And there are those who overdo it
food. Some drink alcohol or rely on other drugs as an anesthetic
painful feelings. And some are losing their grip on
truth. For example, they can hear voices, see things
not being there, or believing in things that are not true. Others are thinking
commit suicide - and others actually commit suicide. There are turns
irritable and aggressive. And there are also some people who have traumatic causes
in an event, such as a serious car accident or cause of a problem.