Defining Mental Health and Mental Illness SWN005

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Defining mental health and mental illness

• SWN 005

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What is mental health and wellbeing? What
is mental illness?
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Mental health and wellbeing

• Mental health is a state of well-being. ...
  mental health is defined as a state of well-being
  in which every individual realizes his or her own
  potential, can cope with the normal stresses of
  life, can work productively and fruitfully, and
  is able to make a contribution to her or his
  community.

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Mental illness

• Mental illness is a general term that refers to a
  group of illnesses, in the same way that heart
  disease refers to a group of illnesses and
  disorders affecting the heart.a health problem
  that significantly affects how a person feels,
  thinks, behaves, and interacts with other people.

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Social work and mental health

• Mental health and well-being are fundamental to
  our collective and individual ability as humans
  to think, emote, interact with each other, earn a
  living and enjoy life. On this basis, the
  promotion, protection and restoration of mental
  health can be regarded as a vital concern of
  individuals, communities and societies throughout
  the world. (WHO Mental health strengthening
  our response 2014)

Mental health and mental illnesses are determined
by multiple and interacting social,
psychological, and biological factors, just as
they generally are in health and illness (WHO,
2005).
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Social work and mental health

• Regardless of social work practice fields, mental
  health and mental illness knows no boundaries.
• Wherever social workers practice, contact with
  people living with mental illness.
• NB. mental illness impacts families, communities
  and societies.

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