All in your head? – As you read chapters 5 and 6, you will see many examples of how one’s thoughts and emotions affect one’s physical state and level of stress. While psychotherapy helps individuals re-work maladaptive thought patterns to overcome existing symptoms, approaches such as Positive Psychology and Behavioral Medicine seek preventive measures that can help to protect us from being overwhelmed by stressors.
If we believe that there are ways to boost our psychological functioning, and stay mentally “healthier”, does that make us less sympathetic to people who are suffering from disorders? Might we become prone to blaming the victim of disease? If you’ve tried to lose weight or overcome some unwanted habits or emotions, you know that it’s not always easy to just decide to change your emotional or physical state.
What factors, other than deciding to relax, keep healthy habits, or practicing kindness and forgiveness, are key elements in maintaining mental health, or easing recovery from emotional distress?
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Mental health is one of the vital elements in individual and public health. There is an increasing need to improve mental health through the prevention and treatment of diseases that are associated with mental health. Mental health has been defined as the absence of mental illnesses, on the other hand, mental health is also defined as the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being of people in that their mental health is reflected in how they think, feel, and behave. There are many ways to improve, promote, and treat mental health. The emphasis on how to restore mental health is based on the ideology that mental health disorders affect individuals regardless of age, sex, and ethnicity. Moreover, the interventions that are applied in the prevention, promotion, and … To continue reading, click on the purchase button below.