Mental wellbeing

Mental health can be seen as a c, where an individual's mental health may have many different possible values. Mental wellness is generally viewed as a positive attribute, such that a person can reach enhanced levels of mental health, even if they do not have any diagnosable mental health condition. This definition of mental health highlights emotional well-being, the capacity to live a full and creative life, and the flexibility to deal with life's inevitable challenges. Many therapeutic systems and self-help books offer methods and philosophies espousing strategies and techniques vaunted as effective for further improving the mental wellness of otherwise healthy people.potsitive psycology is increasingly prominent in mental health.

A holistic model of mental health generally includes concepts based upon anthropological , educational, psycologycal, religious,and sociological perspectives, as well as theoretical perspectives from personality ,social , clinical , health and developmental psychology.

An example of a wellness model includes one developed by Myers, Sweeney and Witmer. It includes five life tasks — essence or spirituality,work and leisure , friendship , love and self-direction—and twelve sub tasks, sense of world, sense of control , realistic beliefs,emotional awareness and coping ,problem solving and creativity , sense of humor, nutrition , exercise, self care, stress management , gender indentity , and cultural identity —are identified as characteristics of healthy functioning and a major component of wellness. The components provide a means of responding to the circumstances of life in a manner that promotes healthy functioning. Most of the US Population is not educated on Mental Health

continuum of mental health concept

Mental health is a term used to describe either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorde.From perspectives of the discipline of positif psychologi or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychologi resilience.
The word health organization defines mental health as "a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”. It was previously stated that there was no one "official" definition of mental health. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how "mental health" is defined.