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Mental health is essential to overall health and well-being. It involves how one thinks, feels, and acts when facing life's situations. Key aspects of mental health include cognitive thoughts, emotional feelings, and behavioral actions. Maintaining positive mental health requires recognizing thoughts and feelings, understanding where they come from, and responding to them in healthy ways. It also means taking care of one's physical, emotional, and social needs through a balanced lifestyle and stress management. Seeking help is important when warning signs of mental health issues emerge.

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Mental Health Essential to Overall Health
What is mental health? - How you think, feel, and act in order to face lifes situations - For example, how you handle stress. - How you look at yourself, your life and the people in your life - For example, how you relate to others. - How you evaluate your options and make choices - For example: how you make decisions.
Key component of mental health: what you think. Thinking is the cognitive component of mental health. Its important to recognize your thoughts and to determine if they are reasonable for the situation. For example, a friend invites another friend to go to a movie. Do you think Thats OK. She can do that. I know well get together another time. Or, do you think Shes not my friend anymore. A real friend would always invite only me Its important how you respond to your thoughts. Do you let negative, damaging thoughts continue or do you stop them? For example, if you think youve been slighted by a friend, do you go over and over in your mind that the friend is hurtful, disloyal, uncaring Thoughts produce feelings in us.
Key component of mental health: what you feel. Feeling is the emotional / sensory component of mental health. Thoughts produce feelings. Thinking the same thoughts over and over in your mind will create feelings negative thoughts will create more negative feelings and positive thoughts will create more positive feelings. Its important to recognize your feelings. For example, I am angry and upset! Its important to understand where these feelings are coming from. Ie: your thought processes and how you interpret whats happened. Its important how you respond to your feelings. I feel this way so its right to feel this way. Ask yourself questions such as: Is this a legitimate feeling that is appropriate for the situation?
Key component of mental health: how you act. Action is the behavioral component of mental health. Thoughts and feelings result in actions. For example, you dwell in your mind about how your friend has slighted you until you feel really angry and then you take an action as a result of your thoughts and feelings. Actions can be unhealthy. For example, you could pick up the phone and yell at your friend and damage the relationship. For example, you could go out for a smoke or take a drink and hide away in your room. Actions can be healthy. For example, you could talk over your thoughts and feelings with your friend or with someone else who could help.
Thoughts, feelings, and actions have impact. Since you were a young child, you realized that your behavior had consequences. You touched a hot stove and were burned. You disobeyed a rule and were disciplined. Its important to also realize that there are consequences to the way we think and feel.
Why is mental health so important? Here are just a few reasons
Mental health is important because: It affects your relationships with others: Mental health problems lead to new problems with friends, family, law enforcement or school officials( National Mental Health Association, 1997) It affects how you learn: Your attentiveness, Your concentration, Your classroom conduct, Your ability to organize, Your ability to communicate. Source: SAMHSA. http://allmentalhealth.samhsa.gov/school_modules.html#mod2
Mental health is important because: Mental health problems can lead to other problems such as: Experimenting with drugs or alcohol, Being sexually promiscuous, Being hostile and aggressive, Taking risks in behavior.
What can I do to help protect my mental health? Eat healthfully. Exercise adequately. Care for your health daily. Take time for yourself regularly. Sleep bountifully. Manage stress diligently.
What can I do to help protect my mental health? Play Learn to do something new and fun Know yourself Be attuned to your thoughts and feelings. Keep a journal. Recognize when this just doesnt seem like I usually think or act. Say no sometimes. Dont overbook your schedule or your life. Make time for quiet Turn off the cell phone, TV
What can I do to help protect my mental health? Recognize warning signs in How you think, How you feel, How you act. Practice stress management and other self care strategies throughout life. Know when and where to get help. Get help as soon as you suspect you need it. Get help from a trained counselor or through a medical referral.

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Mental health ppt.

  • 1. Mental Health Essential to Overall Health
  • 2. What is mental health? - How you think, feel, and act in order to face lifes situations - For example, how you handle stress. - How you look at yourself, your life and the people in your life - For example, how you relate to others. - How you evaluate your options and make choices - For example: how you make decisions.
  • 3. Key component of mental health: what you think. Thinking is the cognitive component of mental health. Its important to recognize your thoughts and to determine if they are reasonable for the situation. For example, a friend invites another friend to go to a movie. Do you think Thats OK. She can do that. I know well get together another time. Or, do you think Shes not my friend anymore. A real friend would always invite only me Its important how you respond to your thoughts. Do you let negative, damaging thoughts continue or do you stop them? For example, if you think youve been slighted by a friend, do you go over and over in your mind that the friend is hurtful, disloyal, uncaring Thoughts produce feelings in us.
  • 4. Key component of mental health: what you feel. Feeling is the emotional / sensory component of mental health. Thoughts produce feelings. Thinking the same thoughts over and over in your mind will create feelings negative thoughts will create more negative feelings and positive thoughts will create more positive feelings. Its important to recognize your feelings. For example, I am angry and upset! Its important to understand where these feelings are coming from. Ie: your thought processes and how you interpret whats happened. Its important how you respond to your feelings. I feel this way so its right to feel this way. Ask yourself questions such as: Is this a legitimate feeling that is appropriate for the situation?
  • 5. Key component of mental health: how you act. Action is the behavioral component of mental health. Thoughts and feelings result in actions. For example, you dwell in your mind about how your friend has slighted you until you feel really angry and then you take an action as a result of your thoughts and feelings. Actions can be unhealthy. For example, you could pick up the phone and yell at your friend and damage the relationship. For example, you could go out for a smoke or take a drink and hide away in your room. Actions can be healthy. For example, you could talk over your thoughts and feelings with your friend or with someone else who could help.
  • 6. Thoughts, feelings, and actions have impact. Since you were a young child, you realized that your behavior had consequences. You touched a hot stove and were burned. You disobeyed a rule and were disciplined. Its important to also realize that there are consequences to the way we think and feel.
  • 7. Why is mental health so important? Here are just a few reasons
  • 8. Mental health is important because: It affects your relationships with others: Mental health problems lead to new problems with friends, family, law enforcement or school officials( National Mental Health Association, 1997) It affects how you learn: Your attentiveness, Your concentration, Your classroom conduct, Your ability to organize, Your ability to communicate. Source: SAMHSA. http://allmentalhealth.samhsa.gov/school_modules.html#mod2
  • 9. Mental health is important because: Mental health problems can lead to other problems such as: Experimenting with drugs or alcohol, Being sexually promiscuous, Being hostile and aggressive, Taking risks in behavior.
  • 10. What can I do to help protect my mental health? Eat healthfully. Exercise adequately. Care for your health daily. Take time for yourself regularly. Sleep bountifully. Manage stress diligently.
  • 11. What can I do to help protect my mental health? Play Learn to do something new and fun Know yourself Be attuned to your thoughts and feelings. Keep a journal. Recognize when this just doesnt seem like I usually think or act. Say no sometimes. Dont overbook your schedule or your life. Make time for quiet Turn off the cell phone, TV
  • 12. What can I do to help protect my mental health? Recognize warning signs in How you think, How you feel, How you act. Practice stress management and other self care strategies throughout life. Know when and where to get help. Get help as soon as you suspect you need it. Get help from a trained counselor or through a medical referral.