This time we will talk about mental health. For several years now, the concept has been a topic that has been given greater relevance. As a teacher, I have observed that students show that it is not all good and much less optimal. This condition is sadly recurrent in individuals of all ages, but much more so in young people. And it is even sadder when you find out that some of them have taken their own lives because they could not overcome the situation they were in.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines it as “the state of mental well-being that allows people to cope with stressful moments in life, develop all their skills, be able to learn and work adequately, and contribute to the improvement of their community".
They also say that “it is a fundamental part of health and well-being that supports our individual and collective abilities to make decisions, establish relationships and shape the world in which we live”… In addition, they mention that “it is a fundamental human right and an essential element for personal, community and socioeconomic development.”
The WHO continues to say that it means much more than not having mental disorders. It is a complex process that each individual experiences uniquely, with various levels of difficulty and suffering, with social and clinical results that vary considerably from one person to another.
Mental health is more than the mere absence of mental disorders. It occurs in a complex process, which each person experiences in a different way, with varying degrees of difficulty and distress and social and clinical results that can be very different.
Experts conclude that mental health conditions include, among others:
Mental disorders
Psychosocial disabilities
High degree of distress
Functional disability
Risk of self-harming behavior
Pay attention to everything that can give you a sign that something is not right with you or your loved ones!
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