CONCEPTS OF MENTAL

HEALTH AND MENTAL

ILLNESS
 Learning Objectives

At the end of this lecture presentation, the student

will be able to:

 Define and differentiate what is health and mental

health;
 Enumerate and discuss the different factors that
influence mental health;
 Define and discuss mental illness;
 Identify and discuss factors that contribute to mental
illness.
 Characteristics of mental health and mental illness

Health
as a state of complete physical,
mental, and social wellness, not
merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
Mental Health
 is a level of psychological well-being or
an absence of mental illness. It is the
"psychological state of someone who is
functioning at a satisfactory level of
emotional and behavioral adjustment.”
MentalHealth
  includes our emotional, psychological,
and social well-being. It affects how we
think, feel, and act. It also helps
determine how we handle stress, relate
to others, and make choices. Mental
health is important at every stage of
life, from childhood and adolescence
through adulthood.
Mental Health
is a state of emotional, psychological,
and social wellness evidenced by
satisfying interpersonal relationships,
effective behavior and coping, positive
self-concept, and emotional stability
- SHEILA L.
VIDEBECK
Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing 5th
Edition
 Factors influencing mental health
Individual/ Personal
 biologic makeup
 autonomy and independence
 self esteem
 capacity for growth
 Vitality
 ability to find meaning in life
 emotional resilience or hardiness
 sense of belonging
 reality orientation
 coping or stress management abilities.
Factors influencing mental health

Interpersonal/Relationship
effective communication
ability to help others
Intimacy
balance of separateness and
connectedness.
 Factors influencing mental health
Social/Cultural/ Environmental
sense of community
access to adequate resources
intolerance of violence
support of diversity among people
mastery of the environment
positive, yet realistic, view of one’s world.
Mental Illness
a clinically significant behavioral or
psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs
in an individual and is associated with present
distress (e.g., a painful symptom) or disability
(i.e., impairment in one or more important
areas of functioning) or with a significantly
increased risk of suffering death, pain,
disability, or an important loss of freedom.
 Factors contributing to mental illness

Individual
 biologic makeup
 intolerable or unrealistic worries or fears
 inability to distinguish reality from
fantasy
 intolerance of life’s uncertainties
 sense of disharmony in life
 loss of meaning in one’s life.
 Factors contributing to mental illness

Interpersonal
 ineffective communication
 excessive dependency on or withdrawal
from relationships
 no sense of belonging
 inadequate social support
 loss of emotional control
 Factors contributing to mental illness

Social/Cultural
 lack of resources
 Violence
 Homelessness
 poverty
 unwarranted negative view of the world
 discrimination such as stigma, racism,
classism, ageism, and sexism.