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Module 1 Mental Health

Mental health refers to a state of well-being where one can cope with stress and function productively. Poor mental health can significantly impact learning and memory and make individuals uncomfortable. Both stress and mental health problems affect around half of students and workers in developed countries. Too much unmanaged stress can negatively impact physical and mental health through unhealthy coping mechanisms. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle through diet, exercise, and social support can help improve both mental and physical well-being.

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Module 1 Mental Health

Mental health refers to a state of well-being where one can cope with stress and function productively. Poor mental health can significantly impact learning and memory and make individuals uncomfortable. Both stress and mental health problems affect around half of students and workers in developed countries. Too much unmanaged stress can negatively impact physical and mental health through unhealthy coping mechanisms. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle through diet, exercise, and social support can help improve both mental and physical well-being.

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Module 1 Mental Health - If you are not struggling with your mental

health, higher risk to have physical


- Significant impact on learning, particularly
problems
on memory
- Take care of mental health by staying away
- Can make an individual uncomfortable
from maladaptive coping skills to deal with
- A degree of stress may help us function anxiety provoking situations
well, but too much may interfere with - Sometimes people engage in destructive
learning
activities to deal with stress ( drinking
Mental Health excessive alcohol, gambling, smoking)
- Have a structured life even when you don’t
Acc to WHO R.A 11036 & Galderisi et al have work obligations
- Refers to a state of well being wherein one Effects of Stress on Mental Health
realizes his own abilities and potentials
- Copes adequately, displays resilience in the - Biggest factor that affects mental health is
face of adversity stress
- Works productively - In US, 48% experience stress in school
- Able to make a positive contribution or - Affects academic performance (chronic
harmonious relationship of body and mind stress & poor grades)
- 1 in 4 adults experience mental health - Too much stress can affect your well being
problems a year (National Alliance on negatively
Mental Illness)
Stress
- 11.2m adults in the US or about 4.5%
adults, had severe psychological condition. - Response to a demand which we are
(National Institute of Mental Health) experiencing
- In the Philippines, mental health illnesses - An individual experience that has different
are the third most common forms of meanings to different people
morbidity for Filipinos. (National Statistics - Can affect body, behaviors, feelings and
Office/NSO) 88 cases of mental health thoughts
problems were reported for every 100,000 - Others might describe stress as tension,
filipinos. worry, overwhelmed or out of control
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Connection between Physical and Mental
Health
- Person’s ability to bounce back from an
illness or challenges in life
- Factors that contribute to mental & physical
health: genetic, environment, relationships,
education, and employment
How to Improve

- Eat a healthy diet; exercise


- Healthy Coping skills; healthy relationships

Thoughts, feelings, behaviors affect our lives


Importance of Mental Health

- No one experiences perfect mental health


or well being all of the time
- Mental health is just as important to our
lives as our physical health (Galderisi et al
2007)

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