Key Aspects: Affordable and Effective Strategies: Strategies exist to promote, protect, and restore mental health.Urgent Need for Action: The need for action on mental health is indisputable and urgent.Intrinsic and Instrumental Value: Mental health is integral to our well-being and has intrinsic and instrumental value.Complex Determinants: Mental health is determined by an interplay of individual, social, and structural stresses and vulnerabilities.
Urgent Need for Action: The need for action on mental health is indisputable and urgent.
Intrinsic and Instrumental Value: Mental health is integral to our well-being and has intrinsic and instrumental value.
Complex Determinants: Mental health is determined by an interplay of individual, social, and structural stresses and vulnerabilities.
Concepts in Mental Health:
State of Mental Well-being: Mental health enables coping with life's stresses and contributing to the community.
Complex Continuum: Mental health exists on a continuum, with varying degrees of difficulty and distress.
Mental Health Conditions: Include mental disorders, disabilities, and states associated with distress or risk of self-harm.
Determinants of Mental Health:
Psychological and Biological Factors: Emotional skills, substance use, and genetics influence vulnerability to mental health problems.
Exposure to Unfavorable Circumstances: Social, economic, and environmental factors increase the risk of mental health conditions.
Protective Factors: Strengthen resilience and include social and emotional skills.
Mental Health Care and Treatment:
Community-Based Care: More accessible than institutional care and leads to better recovery outcomes.
Treatment Gap: Addressing the gap in treating common disorders through innovative approaches is crucial.