The Importance of Mental Health
What is mental health?
Though no concise definition exists, mental health is basically your attitude and approach to life. Psychological, environmental, genetic, or physiological factors have a profound effect on overall mental development.
What is mental illness?
Mental illness impairs your ability to perform routine tasks, foster healthy relationships, or cope with anger or stress. It may be classified on the basis of extreme mood swings, irrational or destructive thought patterns, and behavioral problems.
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Good Mental Health Practices – What is Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness is a practice that anyone can quickly learn and immediately use to benefit one’s mental, physical, and emotional health. If you have thought about doing meditation or starting a mindfulness training program but were not sure what it meant then this article will be great at explaining the basics of mindfulness before starting practice.
What is Mindfulness?
In the West, the field of psychology has developed a therapeutic practice starting in the 1970s called mindfulness. It has roots in the Buddhist meditation practice of awareness. Traditionally, in Theravada Buddhism, people could be taught two forms of medita... Read more
Mental Health Awareness Month and Mental Illness Awareness Week – Free Depression or Anxiety Tests
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, during which the free National Anxieties Disorders Screening Day is held. Consider what Kim Bassinger, Marc Summers and football great Earl Campbell have in common. They have all suffered from an anxiety disorder, America’s most common mental illness. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, nearly a quarter of the American adult population will suffer from an anxiety disorder at some time in their lives. Unlike normal worries, these individuals can experience a variety of symptoms which can include spontaneous panic attacks, endlessly checking and rechecking their actions, persistent, uncontrollable worry... Read more