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The health and specifically mental health of an individual is multi-faceted, and is not simply influenced by one or two factors. In order to successfully understand an individual’s mental state it is vital to be able to distinguish between mental health and mental illness.
Mental health describes a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to us their cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society and in the usual domains of everyday life; work, study and relationships.
Mental Illness describes a state of an individual who has cognitive, emotional and behavioural issues severe enough to require psychiatric intervention. When determining the mental state of an individual psychologists must consider a number of determinants that combine to influence their health. These factors can be recognised through using a Biopsychosocial Approach. This approach demonstrates how biological, psychological and social factors individually and holistically contribute and influence the degree to which an individual may experience mental health issues.
Stress is something that has have a massive contribution to the physical and mental health of an individual. Stress is a state of mental or physical tension that occurs when an individual must adjust to their environment but they do not feel they have the capacity to do so. Thus, it is thought to occur when the demands on an individual exceed the perceived ability of that individual to cope. This threshold is unique to every individual as some are more susceptible to cope with stressors (object or event provoking feeling of stress) than others.
However stress is not always associated with a negative experience, it can also be positive one depending on the way a situation is appraised.
Studies conducted by physiologist Hans Selye and further elaborated by psychologist Dr Richard S.
The health and specifically mental health of an individual is multi-faceted, and is not simply influenced by one or two factors. In order to successfully understand an individual’s mental state it is vital to be able to distinguish between mental health and mental illness.
Mental health describes a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to us their cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society and in the usual domains of everyday life; work, study and relationships.
Mental Illness describes a state of an individual who has cognitive, emotional and behavioural issues severe enough to require psychiatric intervention. When determining the mental state of an individual psychologists must consider a number of determinants that combine to influence their health. These factors can be recognised through using a Biopsychosocial Approach. This approach demonstrates how biological, psychological and social factors individually and holistically contribute and influence the degree to which an individual may experience mental health issues.
Stress is something that has have a massive contribution to the physical and mental health of an individual. Stress is a state of mental or physical tension that occurs when an individual must adjust to their environment but they do not feel they have the capacity to do so. Thus, it is thought to occur when the demands on an individual exceed the perceived ability of that individual to cope. This threshold is unique to every individual as some are more susceptible to cope with stressors (object or event provoking feeling of stress) than others.
However stress is not always associated with a negative experience, it can also be positive one depending on the way a situation is appraised.
Studies conducted by physiologist Hans Selye and further elaborated by psychologist Dr Richard S.