very is mental health
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Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
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• Mental health is a state of well-being in which a person understands his or her own abilities:
• - can cope with the normal stresses of life
• - can work productively and fruitfully
• - is able to make a contribution to his or her community.
• Both physical and mental health are the result of a complex interplay between many individual and environmental factors, including:
• family history of illness and disease/genetics
• lifestyle and health behaviors (e.g., smoking, exercise, substance use)
• levels of personal stress
• workplace stress
• exposure to toxins
• exposure to trauma
• personal life circumstances and history
• access to support structures (e.g., timely healthcare, social supports)
• coping skills
• When the demands placed on someone exceed their resources and coping abilities, their mental health will be negatively affected. • Two examples of common demands are:
• i) working long hours under difficult circumstances,
• ii) caring for a chronically ill relative.
• Economic hardship, unemployment, underemployment and poverty also have the potential to harm mental health.