Community Mental Health Council, Inc' Wellness Center

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Community Mental Health Council, Inc.Wellness
Center
Dr. Carl Bell
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Photo by Aleta McLeod 2-29-08 Dr. Bell standing
on 60ft cliff off Shipwreck beach in Kauai, Hawaii
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Photo by Aleta McLeod 2-29-08 Dr. Bell jumping
off a 60ft cliff off Shipwreck beach in Kauai,
Hawaii
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Fact

• One-fifth of the U.S. adult population is
  flourishing - the rest are languishing in life.

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Positive emotions (i.e. emotional well-being)

• Positive affect
• Regularly cheerful, interested in life, in good
  spirits, happy, calm and peaceful, full of life.
• Avowed quality of life
• Mostly or highly satisfied with life overall or
  in domains of life.

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Positive psychological functioning (i.e.
psychological well-being)

• Self-acceptance
• Holds positive attitudes toward self,
  acknowledges, likes most parts of self,
  personality.
• Personal growth
• Seeks challenges, has insight into own potential,
  feels a sense of continued development

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Positive psychological functioning (i.e.
psychological well-being)

• Purpose in life
• Finds own life has direction and meaning.
• Environmental mastery
• Exercises ability to select, manage, and mold
  personal environs to suit needs.
• Autonomy
• Is guided by own, socially accepted, internal
  standards and values.
• Positive relations with others
• Has, or can form, warm, trusting personal
  relationships

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Positive social functioning (i.e., social
well-being)

• Social acceptance
• Holds positive attitudes toward, acknowledges,
  and is accepting of human differences
• Social actualization
• Believes people, groups, and society have
  potential and can evolve or grow positively
• Social contribution
• Sees own daily activities as useful to and valued
  by society and others.

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Positive social functioning (i.e., social
well-being)

• Social coherence
• Interested in society and social life and finds
  them meaningful and somewhat intelligible.
• Social integration
• A sense of belonging to, and comfort and support
  from, a community.

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Resource silos
Activity-driven
Different language
Different goals
How are we functioning?
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Evidence based
Common language
Outcome driven
Maximize resources
We need Synergy and a Integrated System
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PRINCIPLES

• REBUILDING THE VILLAGE
• PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
• IMPROVE BONDING, ATTACHMENT, CONNECTEDNESS
  DYNAMICS
• IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM

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PRINCIPLES

• INCREASE SOCIAL SKILLS
• RE-ESTABLISH THE ADULT PROTECTIVE SHIELD
• MINIMIZE THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA
• THESE PRINCIPLES ARE INTERDEPENDENT

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• Bell CC. "Promotion of Mental Health Through
  Coaching of Competitive Sports". J Natl Med
  Assn, Vol. 89, No. 8, p. 517 - 520, August 1997.
• Bell CC. Eight Pieces of Brocade. Chicago, IL
  Community Mental Health Council, 2000.
• Bell CC. Cultivating Resiliency in Youth. J
  Adolescent Health, Vol. 29 375 - 381, 2001.
• Keyes CLM. Promoting and Protective Mental
  Health as Flourishing. Am Psycho 62 (2) 95 -
  108, 2007.
• Bell CC. Violence Prevention 101 Implications
  for Policy Development. In NIJs Perspectives on
  Crime and Justice 2000 - 2001 Lecture Series.
  Volume V. Washington, D.C. National Institute of
  Justice, March 2002, p. 65 - 93.
  http//www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/187100.pdf

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• Dove HW, Anderson T, Bell CC. Mental Health and
  Its Impact on the Health in the U.S. Nonwhite
  Population. In Satcher D Pamies RJ.
  Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities.
  New York McGraw-Hill, 2005, p. 295 - 303.
• Bell CC Suggs H. "Using Sports to Strengthen
  Resiliency in Children - Training Heart" Using
  Sports to Create Resiliency. Child Adoles
  Psychia Clinics North Am, Vol. 7, No. 4, October
  1998, p. 859 - 865
• Hobfoll SE, Watson P, Bell CC, et al. Five
  Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid-Term
  Trauma Intervention Empirical Evidence. Psych
  Interp Bio Proces, Vol. 70, No. 4 283 - 315,
  Winter 2007.

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• Bell CC, Gamm S, Vallas P, Jackson P. Strategies
  for the Prevention of Youth Violence in Chicago
  Public Schools. In M. Shafii S. Shafii (Eds).
  School Violence Contributing Factors,
  Management, and Prevention. Washington, D.C.,
  American Psychiatric Press, 2001, p. 251 - 272.
• Bell CC, Bhana A, McKay MM, and Petersen I. A
  Commentary on the Triadic Theory of Influence as
  a Guide for Adapting HIV Prevention Programs for
  New Contexts and Populations The CHAMP-South
  Africa Story. In McKay MM Paikoff RL (Eds).
  Community Collaborative Partnerships The
  Foundation for HIV Prevention Research Efforts.
  Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press, 2007, p. 243 261.