Mental Health & Diagnosis

Question 1

What is mental health?

Answer 1

state of emotional wellbeing in which individuals can cope with the normal stress of life. It is not a mental illness but refers to the continuum of how healthy someones mental health.

Question 2

Mental Health Problems:

Answer 2

Emotional, cognitive and behavioural difficulties that affect relationship and functioning in every day life.

Question 3

Mental disorder:

Answer 3

exaggerated forms of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, implying the existence of clinically recognisable set of symptoms and behaviours that usually need treatment to be alleviated.

Question 4

The management of mental disorders:

Answer 4

medication, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy. Family friends, community support.