MENTAL HEALTH

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MENTAL HEALTH

• DR.F.X.LOVELINA LITTLE FLOWER
• READER
• DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
• BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY
• COIMBATORE 641 046

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QUESTIONS

• 1. Are you always worrying?
• 2. Are you unable to concentrate because of
  unrecognized reasons?
• 3. Are you continually unhappy without justified
  cause?
• 4. Do you lose your temper easily and often?
• 5. Are you troubled by regular insomnia?
• 6. Do you have wide fluctuations in your moods
  from depression to elation, back to depression,
  which incapacitate you?

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QUESTIONS cont

• 7. Do you continually dislike to be with people?
• 8. Are you upset if the routine of your life is
  disturbed?
• 9. Do your children consistently get on your
  nerves?
• 10. Are you browned off and constantly bitter?
• 11. Are you afraid without real cause?
• 12. Are you always right and other person always
  wrong?
• 13. Do you have numerous aches and pains for
  which no doctor can find a physical cause?

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ANSWER

• YES to ANYONE question
• HELP IS NECESSARY.
• Acc.to Dr. Menninger, the questions are the major
  warning signals of poor mental health.

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What is Mental Health?

• a state of well-being in which the individual
  realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with
  the normal stresses of life, can work
  productively and fruitfully and is able to make a
  contribution to his or her community.
• the state of our minds, how we think, behave and
  feel

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

• WORLD mental disorders are not exclusive to any
  special group, they are truly universal
• Found in people of all regions, countries and
  societies
• Acc. to WHO,(Global burden of disease, 2000),
• about 450 million people were estimated to be
  suffering from neuropsychiatric conditions.

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INDIA

• As per IANS As many as 20 million Indians are
  believed to be suffering from mental illnesses.
• M.S. Bhatia, head of the psychiatric department
  at G.T.B. Hospital, said "A shocking 70 million
  people suffer from mental ailments and yet, 50-90
  percent of them are not able to access corrective
  services. Awareness of mental health is just not
  enough."
• According to a health ministry, the ministry has
  allocated Rs.1,000 crore for the programme in the
  11th Five Year plan.

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FOCUS

• SHOULD BE ON MENTAL WELL BEING INSTEAD OF
  MENTAL ILLNESS

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Characteristics of a Mentally healthy person.

• 1.He feels comfortable about himself.
• -feels reasonably secure and adequate
• - neither underestimates nor overestimates his
  own ability
• 2. He feels right towards other
• -satisfying and lasting friendship
• -able to like and trust others
• 3. He is able to meet the demands of life.
• -able to think for himself and take decisions
• -shoulders his daily responsibilities

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TYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESSES

• Major illnesses
• -Schizophrenia (split personality) in which the
  patient lives in a dream of his own world
• -Manic depressive psychosis, the symptoms vary
  from heights of elation to depths of depression
• -Paranoia, undue and extreme suspicion and a
  progressive tendency to regard the whole world in
  a framework of delusions

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MINOR MENTAL ILLNESSES

• Neurosis or Psychoneurosis the patient is unable
  to react normally to life situations
• Personality and character disorders, this group
  of disorders are the legacy of unfortunate
  childhood experiences and perceptions

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CAUSES

• Organic conditions
• Heredity
• Social pathological comprise of worries,
  anxieties, stress, tension, frustration, unhappy
  marriages, broken homes, poverty,
  industrialization, urbanization, changing family
  structure, economic insecurity, cruelty,
  rejection, etc,
• Social environment not only determines the
  individuals attitudes but also provides the
  framework within which mental health is
  formulated

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PREVENTIVE ASPECTS

• improving the social environment and promotion
  of the social, emotional and physical well being
• Early diagnosis of mental illnesses through
  screening programmes
• Reducing the duration of mental illness and thus
  reduce the stresses they create for the family
  and the community

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Self-care Techniques

• 1. Relax
• 2. Practice acceptance
• 3. Talk rationally with yourself
• 4. Get organized
• 5. Do exercises
• 6. Reduce Time urgency
• 7. Disarm yourself
• 8. Care for your hobbies
• 9. Watch your habits
• 10. Spend time with your friends

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THANK YOU