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    UNIT-7 Mental Health and Mental Hygiene

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    This document discusses concepts related to mental health and mental hygiene. It defines mental hygiene as measures to promote mental health and prevent mental illness. Key concepts of mental hygiene include prevention, curative measures, balanced personality development, and leading a happy life. Mental health is defined as the maximum effectiveness and happiness in adjusting to oneself and others. Concepts of good mental health include having a positive self-attitude, ability for growth and self-actualization, integration, autonomy, accurate perception of reality, and environmental mastery.

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    UNIT-7

    MENTAL HEALTH AND


    MENTAL HYGIENE
    MENTAL HYGIENE
    • Mental hygiene consists of measures to reduce the incidence of
    mental illness through prevention and early treatment and to
    promote mental health.
    CONCEPTS OF MENTAL HYGIENE
    • PREVENTION
    • CURATIVE MEASURES
    • BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSONALITY
    • LEADING HAPPY AND CONTENDED LIFE
    1. PREVENTION
    • Identifying the causes leading to maladjustment , whether personal or
    social and taking suitable precautions to eliminate the same.
    • Suggesting ways and means for achieving emotional and social
    adjustment.
    • Suggesting method for resolving inner conflicts and frustration for
    getting rid of anxieties, tension and emotional disturbances.
    2. PRESERVATION
    • One can enjoy good mental health if suitable care is taken for its
    preservation and promotion.
    - Develop the inner potential of an individual.
    - Attain emotional maturity and stability.
    - Achieve personal and social security and adequacy.
    - Promote healthy human relationships and group interaction.
    3. BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE
    PERSONALITY
    The balanced development of personality holds the key for an
    individuals adjustment with one own self and the environment.
    Lack of balanced development in all aspect of personality results in
    adjustment and unhappiness.
    Thus, all round personality development is a pre-requisite for an
    individual to be emotionally stable and well balanced.
    4. LEADING HAPPY AND CONTENDED
    LIFE
    The ability of an individual to lead a fuller and happier life is directly
    proportional to the mental health and enjoyed by him thus, an
    individual must always strive to get along with himself and his
    environment well and avoid unnecessary anxieties and conflicts and
    frustrations.
    MENTAL HEALTH

    An adjustment of human being to the world and to each other with a


    maximum of effectiveness and happiness.
    - Karl meninger
    CONCEPTS OF MENTAL HEALTH
    • A POSITOVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS SELF
    • GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND THE ABILITY FOR SELF ACTUALIZATION
    • INTEGRATION
    • AUTONOMY
    • PERCEPTION OF REALITY
    • ENVIRONMENTAL MASTERY
    1. A POSITVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS
    SELF
    • A positive attitude towards self includes and objective view of self ,
    including knowledge and acceptance of strengths and limitations. The
    individuals feels a strong sense of personal identity and security
    within the environment.
    2. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND
    THE ABILITY FOR SELF
    ACTUALIZATION
    • Growth and development and the ability for self actualization
    indicator correlates with whether the individual successfully achieves
    the tasks associated with each level of development.
    3. INTEGRATION
    • Integration includes the ability to adaptively respond to the
    environment and the development of a philosophy of life, both of
    which help the individual maintain anxiety at a manageable level in
    response to stressful situations.
    4. AUTONOMY
    • Refer to individuals ability too perform in an independent self
    directed manner, the individual makes choices and accepts
    responsibility for the outcomes.
    5. PERCEPTION OF REALITY
    • Perception of reality includes perception of the environment without
    distortion, as well as the capacity for empathy and social sensitivity –
    a respect ad concern for the wants and needs for the others.
    6. ENVIRONMENTAL MASTERY
    • Environmental mastery indicator suggests that the individual has
    achieved a satisfactory role within the group, or the society or
    environment. He is able to love and accept the love of others.

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