Psychology Pedia

MENTAL HEALTH Mental health is the level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness. It is the state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health includes "subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others". The WHO further states that the well-being of an individual is encompassed in the realization of their abilities, coping with normal stresses of life, productive work, and contribution to their community. Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL D ISORDER Mental health is the successful performance of the ...

Un derstanding the criteria & causes of abnormal behaviour. What is abnormal behaviour?  Behaviour that deviates from what is expected and normal. ABNORMALITY - Unusual pattern of behaviour, emotion and thought which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder.  The study of abnormal behaviour is called abnormal psychology. Basis of abnormal  behaviour  Antisocial behaviour - Antisocial behaviour is disruptive acts characterised by covert and overt hostility and intentional aggressive towards other. Mental imbalance - Mental imbalance is something that affect your mood,  thinking and behaviour. Poor adjustment - The Abnormal and excessive reaction to an identifiable life stressor. The reaction is more severe than would normally be expected and result in impairment in social, occupational or academic function. ...