Yes. We also have to consider that mental health issues are dependent on specific societal pressure, which differ in their pathological nature from country to country. Not addressing these issues medically means that pathologies spread further without public health intervention.
Great taboos are still surrounding the interplay of mental and physical health. The missing link is mood or affective science; you are right to point to open communication and learning as coping strategy. In this sense, we can steadily advance our own degree of self-regulation, which is decisive for our and others health.
This becomes a challenge when one fails to recognize he/ she has some psychological concerns..
Yes. We also have to consider that mental health issues are dependent on specific societal pressure, which differ in their pathological nature from country to country. Not addressing these issues medically means that pathologies spread further without public health intervention.
Shared your question with other researchers; hope to learn about different views on the subject, e.g. the impact of stress on mental and physical health, cultural taboo zones, diagnostic tools.
Don't take mental health issues lightly
Always help the person in distress
Take or refer mentally challenged person to treatment centres
Get yourself examined timely for earliest problem detection and treatment
Being aware of and educated about mental health helps communicate with individuals with mental health problems and their families effectively and properly. Understanding of signs and symptoms of a mental health problem leads to a better way of symptoms management. Collaborative teamwork is crucial and results in positive outcomes.
Hello, living with mental illness is not easy. It’s a consistent problem without a clear solution. While treatments like medication and psychotherapy are incredibly helpful, sometimes people experiencing mental health conditions need to do more day-in and day-out to feel good. Some common self-help suggestions people receive are to exercise, meditate and be more present, which are helpful and work for many people. However, other proven methods aren’t mentioned as often. Many of them are quick and simple techniques that can easily be added to daily routines.
Psychological counselors, therapists, life coaches, psychologists, nursing practitioners and doctors can help manage health and behavioral concerns by addressing them in ways such as treatment or counseling sessions, reassuring the patient, and opening dialogues with the patient to improve mental health.
Interesting question that provoked several valuable informative and challenging comments from our RG colleagues.
I think the family members and other pertinent members of the community or society can also help in dealing with mental health issues.
yes indeed.. mental health issues are not just limited to any age group,or a profession or gender.. but it has a social taboo attached to it!!..
In my opinion, "yoga" and "meditation" are the best practices to deal with mental health issues.
Mental disorders can be dealt by adhering to two pronged strategy. First is related with preventive measures and second with cure when some is diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder. Regarding preventive measure, it should be made compulsory for all teachers to have basic knowledge regarding of the early symptoms of behavioral and mental issues. we now know that onset of many mental disorders occur in childhood.so teachers and parents should be aware of the signals so that an early intervention may be placed to deal with these issues effectively. In addition pubic awareness campaign through media , experts talks in all institutions regarding mental health can be an effective source of public awareness.In addition schools and colleges should be made responsible to inculcate healthy habits and life skills in students so that they can cope with the stressors of life in an effective manner. The treatment of mental disorders as we know consists of medication, psychotherapy, ECT, and now new drug for treatment of resistant depression ketemine is hitting the market soon.
According to me, the meditation and living with simple, happy and lovely family are very good issues to deal with mental health.
A person suffering from a disorder in his behavioral health is facing many problems, most notably stress, depression, anxiety and problems in his relationships with others and may suffer from sadness, addiction, attention deficit, hyperactivity, learning difficulties, mood disorder and other psychological disorders. Psychiatrists, therapists, life coaches, psychologists, nursing practitioners and doctors can help manage behavioral health concerns by addressing them in ways such as therapy, counseling or therapeutic sessions. The mental health field of all people in the world
when considering more professional approaches to deal with mental disorder there are certain new models that have been developed to address this issue which are effecting the lives of many people around the globe.These approaches are primarily related with the prevention of the diseases.Apart from cognitive behavior therapy, psychoanalytic therapy and behavior approaches which basically deals with treating a person suffering from mental disorders ,these new approaches will likely to improve the coping capacities ,psychological strength building and creating insight about the psychological functioning.Psycho education , well being therapy, hope therapy,strength base therapy, etc. are some approaches worth mentioning.
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Serious mental health issues can only be treated with medication and psychotherapy. Mental disorders of serve intensity changes the brain chemistry like disbalance in neurotransmitters and dopamine which can be managed by proper medication as prescribed by mental health professional. Social support, exercise , meditation etc do help to speed up the recovery process.
Mental health is just as important as physical health, so you must maintain balance by dealing with stress, problems and anxiety well, so as not to turn into serious mental illness.
Its a biopsychosocial approach, so understanding any pathological contributors, psychological belief systems which can become irrational (CBT intervention then helpful) and social contributors which include cultural and societal pressures. When I see people with mental health issues I also look for work triggers and explore maintenance programmes to keep well eg, exercise, diet, sleep, friendships, hobbies/interests. Its often the imbalance of these that cause issues.
Adequate appreciation and self-confidence, providing a safe environment for life and stimulating good problem-solving skills to strengthen mental health. On the other hand, exclusion, poverty, separation, loss and bad relationships are a burden on an individual's mental health. When several different factors become very exhausting of mental health, the result may be the occurrence of mental disorder.
The question, as posed, is too large and vague to give specific advice or to address it adequately.
From one perspective, we all have mental health issues, either personally or among our family members and close friends. If we dig a little deeper, does mental health reflect just the individual person or their social relations? If we escape the boundaries of the self and image health as a social concept, we really must include family, friends, and other significant social relationships, from community to work and other commitments.
So if we embrace this enlarge view of the self as a social being that implies well-being as social and relational well-being, we are only well to the extent that our personal and social contexts are well.
From another perspective, that of global mental health, a new perspective about the health of populations, the mantra is "No health without mental health."
My own perspective as a psychologist, psychiatrist and philosopher embraces these larger perspectives which redefine what we mean by persons, health and well-being. Here are some of the implications of this enhanced perspective on health as a social psychiatrist:
“Social psychiatry is the ultimate apparatus for the study of the social context of human predicaments, the widest possible context. Understanding humans out of context is not only limited but also deeply misleading, as many contend, yielding pseudoproblems and the conundrums that psychiatry and the social sciences have created in their descent into the ‘spiral staircase of the self,’ in Montaigne’s memorable phrase.”
“Social psychiatry offers the specialty of psychiatry and all of medicine greater coherence through an integration of the biomedical model with the larger context of the social determinants of health and the relational aspects of all human interactions.”
"Social psychiatry upends much of the Western tradition that reasons from self to the society. Employing other strands in the Western tradition and supported by much wisdom and cultural traditions in other societies, Social psychiatry reasons from society to self. We are born with the capacity – properly nurtured – to become fully human, as we construct that notion in different places and different times. Social psychiatry focuses on attachment, on the caregiver bond, and lifelong social relations to create a sense of self and of belonging in the human community. Self emerges from social relationships and this social self is most properly seen as a self‑in‑relation. The 'self‑made man' is a myth that found its avatar in the work of Ayn Rand where the heroic individual is responsible to no one. In the solipsistic Randian universe, social relations count for nothing, only the endless affirmations of the heroic self."
Vincenzo Di Nicola
University of Montreal
The George Washington University
Reference: Di Nicola, V. (2019). “A person is a person through other persons”: A social psychiatry manifesto for the 21st century. World Social Psychiatry, 1, 8-21
Reviewed and summarized in Mad in America:
https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/10/social-psychiatry-manifesto-takes-social-context-seriously/?fbclid=IwAR3jGp6YOttioKZgYelOkkfQzbK4XqkB0pXHNmvCM2pzW97JH5PWEEF7B6E
Vincenzo Di Nicola Sir. I Appreciate your elaborate explanation. many thanks for your interest and contributions,
Much regards
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