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2. Mental health - Wikipedia

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   Mental disorders. Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [7] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [8] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [9] which are ...

3. Mental Health vs. Mental Illness: Understanding the Differences

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   Mental health includes your overall well-being. Mental illnesses are diagnosable mental health conditions. The definitions of mental health and mental illness will vary, depending on who you ask ...

4. Mental Health Basics: Types of Mental Illness, Diagnosis ...

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   Mental health refers to your emotional and psychological well-being. Having good mental health helps you lead a happy and healthy life. Learn more about the different types of metal illnesses ...

5. What is Emotional Health and How Does it Affect You? - WebMD

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   Emotional health is one aspect of mental health. It is your ability to cope with both positive and negative emotions, which includes your awareness of them. Emotionally healthy people have good ...

6. Mental Health vs. Behavioral Health: What's the Difference?

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   Mental health is a component of behavioral health. Mental health is often the “why” behind certain behaviors, or the lack thereof. A 2018 study, for example, found that positive mental health ...

7. Mental health literacy - Wikipedia

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   Mental health literacy has been defined as "knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management and prevention. Mental health literacy includes the ability to recognize specific disorders; knowing how to seek mental health information; knowledge of risk factors and causes, of self-treatments, and of professional ...

8. Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale - WebMD

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   1 min read. The Global Assessment of Functioning, or GAF, scale is used to rate how serious a mental illness may be. It measures how much a person's symptoms affect their day-to-day life on a ...

9. Mental distress - Wikipedia

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   Mental distress or psychological distress encompasses the symptoms and experiences of a person's internal life that are commonly held to be troubling, confusing or out of the ordinary. Mental distress can potentially lead to a change of behavior, affect a person's emotions in a negative way, and affect their relationships with the people around ...