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What is Mental Health, and how can it be supported?
What is Mental Health, and how can it be supported?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as:
🧠 A state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn and work well, and contribute to their community.
🧠 It has intrinsic and instrumental value and is a basic human right.
🧠 Mental health exists on a complex continuum, which is experienced differently from one person to the next.
🧠 At any one time, a diverse set of individual, family, community and structural factors may combine to protect or undermine mental health.
🧠 Although most people are resilient, people who are exposed to adverse circumstances – including poverty, violence, disability and inequality – are at higher risk of developing a mental health condition.
🧠 Mental health conditions include mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities as well as other mental states associated with significant distress, impairment in functioning, or risk of self-harm.
Quick Links
Explore NAMI's Mental Health Library to learn more about types of mental illness, warning signs, diagnoses, types of treatment, how to manage symptoms, and how to support yourself and loved ones who may be struggling with their mental health. Quick Links
🔗 https://namigreenvillesc.org/resources/about-mental-illness/health-library/
Caring for your mental health:
🔗 https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/caring-for-your-mental-health
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