Definitions of mental health

Question 1

Health define

Answer 1

a state of complete physical mental and social welling, and not merely the absence of illness or disease. All aspects are equally important to one’s overall health and devoting more attention to one aspect while neglecting another can lead to illness or disease.

Question 2

Mental wellbeing

Answer 2

involves the mind and activities such as expressing feelings calmly even when angry sad, rationally thinking about personal problems and issues that arise in everyday life.

Question 3

Menal health

Answer 3

the capacity of an individual to interact with others and the environment in ways that promote subjective well-being and effective use of the person’s cognitive, emotional and social abilities.

Question 4

Mental illness

Answer 4

a psychological dysfunction that usually involves

impairment in the ability to cope with everyday life,

and thoughts, feelings and behaviour that is atypical of the person that is

serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.

Question 5

Normality

Answer 5

a pattern of thoughts, feelings, behaviour or personality traits that are

typical or conform to a usual or expected standard of

proper and acceptable ways of behaving.

Question 6

Abnormality

Answer 6

a pattern of thoughts, feelings and behaviour that is

deviant, distressing or dysfunctional (it interferes with the person’s ability to carry out their day to day activities effectively).

Question 7

Socio-cultural approach to determining normal from abnormal

Answer 7

thoughts, feelings and behaviour that are acceptable in a particular society or culture but can be considered as unacceptable in another.

Question 8

Functional approach to determining normal from abnormal

Answer 8

normal behaviour is if the individual can undertake everyday tasks and cope (function) effectively with life in society.

Question 9

Historical approach to determining normal from abnormal

Answer 9

thoughts, feelings and behaviour that are considered as normal/abnormal in a society within a particular era, or period of time.

Question 10

Situational approach to determining normal from abnormal

Answer 10

thoughts, feelings and behaviour that are viewed as normal in one situation and abnormal in another.

Question 11

Medical approach to determining normal from abnormal

Answer 11

abnormal behaviour has a biological cause which can be potentially diagnosed and treated.

Question 12

Statistical approach to determining normal from abnormal

Answer 12

normality follows a normal distribution; thoughts, feelings and behaviour are viewed as normal if fallen into the ‘statistical average’ and considered abnormal if fallen into ‘statistical extremity’ displayed on a bell curve.