HOLISTIC MENTAL HEALTH

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HOLISTIC MENTAL HEALTH
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Human Health Comprises 5 Dimensions

• Physical
• Social
• Mental
• Emotional
• Spiritual

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Mental Health

• Describes the dimensions other than physical
  health
• Mental
• Emotional
• Social
• Spiritual

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Mental Health

• Also known as the psychological, reasoning or
  intellectual dimension.
• Realistic acceptance of lifes circumstances and
  the utilization of choices and options available
  are characteristics of positive mental health.

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Social Health

• Most individuals thrive in the presence of a
  supporting, loving, and accepting social
  environment.
• On the other hand, some of the most severe forms
  of unhappiness result from difficulties involving
  human interaction.
• Socially healthy people are more harmonious in
  their dealings with others, and demonstrate
  helpfulness and cooperation. Skills in handling
  disagreements and managing conflicts are earmarks
  of the socially healthy.

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Emotional Health

• Emotions are both easy and difficult to
  understand.
• Many people have difficulty controlling their
  emotions or understanding the cause or impact of
  these emotions.
• The key issue is to recognize that humans are
  subjected to emotional responses and that these
  can be positive as well as negative.
• The emotionally healthy person is able to
  recognize a feeling response in him/herself as
  well as in others and then analy7ze whether it is
  a productive or non-productive reaction.

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Spiritual Health

• Throughout history, most societies have held to
  some sort of belief system that involves
  something beyond themselves.
• Human history is filled with examples of people
  being discriminated against and at times even
  harmed because of their particular method of
  expressing or acting out their spirituality.
• Spiritually healthy individuals are able to hold
  firmly to a belief system, have faith in and gain
  strength from a belief in something beyond
  themselves, yet, do not feel the need to
  belittle, demean, or interfere with the spiritual
  focus of others.

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Holistic Mental Health