H E A LT H

Physical Health

Mental Health

Emotional Health

Social Health

Spiritual Health
M E N TA L
H E A LT H
MENTAL HEALTH
- Is a psychological state of well-
being characterized by a continuing
personal growth, a sense of purpose in
life, self-acceptance and positive
relations with others.
PERSONALITY
- is the total uniqueness or pattern of
characteristics of the individual
• M E N TA L H Y G I E N E
-is the science of the preservation of
mental health.
• CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WITH
GOOD MENTAL HEALTH
A. They feel comfortable about
themselves.
B. They feel right about other people
C. They are able to meet the demands of
life.
 FACTORS AFFECTING
MENTAL HEALTH
HEREDITY PHYSICAL
FACTOR FACTOR
 Traits of the parents and ancestors are
HEREDITY FACTOR transmitted to the children through their
genes. Intelligence and
feeblemindedness are inherited.

• Heredity
- is the passing of traits from
parents to offspring. It shapes one's
personality and behavior and makes
people different.

PHYSICAL FACTOR
A healthy body makes a healthy mind. Unhealthy
condition makes life abnormal. The physical
condition of the individual has a direct effect on his
oг her mental health.
SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTOR
• Children develop attitudes and behavioral
patterns from past experiences.
• The home being the first environment of the
children influences their behavior and
attitude.
• The community in which an individual
belongs may contribute to the development
of his/her mental health.
• School and religious institutions may also
help in molding child's personality.
 History of Mental Health
• During the Stone Age, a person with mental disorder was
believed to be possessed by evil spirits that lived in the mind.
Boring holes in the skulls of the mentally ill person would
release the evil spirits that dwelled in the mind, thereby curing
the illness.
• MIDDLE AGES - the mentally ill person possessed by the
devil was believed to have supernatural powers to harm others.
The remedy was to burn the affected person.
 • Mental illness was considered a shame in the family.

1 8t u r y
TH • The mentally ill persons were put in jail as a solution to
the problem. The ill persons were chained and hidden
from public view.
• Before the beginning of the 19th century, new
Cen movements in England and France began. The chains of
mentally ill persons were broken. In 1812, an American
social reformer named Dr. Benjamin Rush advocated
humane treatment for the mentally ill persons. His works
on mental disorder opened another field in medicine
called PSYCHIATRY, the study and treatment of mental
disease. Dorothea Dix, a young American school teacher,
founded the first public hospitals for mentally ill persons
in 1840's.
The acceptance of this change of treatment came very
slowly. Most hospitals only provided custodial care. It
took almost a hundred years for patients to receive
effective treatment,
• Clifford Beers - a former patient, published a book
in 1908 entitled "A Mind That Found Itself". This
book brought awareness and truth about mental
hospitals. The Mental Health Association was
organized.
• Today, mentally ill persons receive full humane
treatment in all mental hospitals with funding from
government. Also nongovernment agencies offer
donations for insane patients.
 ACTIVIT
Y
Answer the following guide questions to express
your insights. Cite some personal experience that
shows Factors affecting Good Mental Health :

1. I discovered that
_____________
2. I learned that
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