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PRESSENTATION
Prepered by : aisha iikar
• Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and
social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It
also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to
others, and make healthy choices. 1. Mental health is
important at every stage of life, from childhood and
adolescence through adulthood.
Introduction of mental
health
• The World Health Organization (WHO) conceptualizes
mental health as a “state of well-being in which the
individual realizes 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”.
the 10 importance of
mental health
• Physical,
• psychological,
• social,
• cultural,
• spiritual and
• other interrelated factors contribute to mental health, and
there are inseparable links between mental and physical
health.
characteristics of mental
health
• Why is mental health a problem in society?
• Untreated mental health conditions can result in
unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse,
homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, and suicide,
and poor quality of life. The economic cost of untreated
mental illness is more than 100 billion dollars each year
in the United States.
the 8 components of
mental health
• THANKS FOR ALL