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  Mental health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merriam-Webster defines mental health as "A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life."
Mental health was first described as "mental hygiene" by Clifford Whittingham Beers in 1908, who founded the National Committee for Mental Hygiene in 1909 and actively campaigned for the rights of the mentally ill. Dr.
Opposing viewpoints to biological psychiatry theories include those of anti-psychiatry advocates, some of whom are psychiatrists, who contend psychiatric patients do not necessarily have a mental illness, but in fact are individuals who do not ascribe to the conventional belief system, or consensus reality, shared by most other people in their culture or race.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emotional_health   (1134 words)

  
 State-by-State Emotional, Social, and Mental Health Education
Standard 5 of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Framework (1999) recommends specific topics to be taught in emotional, social, and mental health education by the end of 5th, 8th, and 12th grade.
The Health Education Standards (2005) recommend that the mental, social, and emotional health education be taught in grades K-12.
However, the South Dakota Health Education Standards (2000) recommend students in grades K-12 be taught the interrelationships between mental, emotional, social, and physical health and their impact on the body and one’s ability to communicate.
www.nasbe.org /HealthySchools/States/Topics.asp?Category=A&Topic=4   (5647 words)

  
 Health Disparities Working Group Meeting: Cognitive and Emotional Health: National Institute of Neurological Disorders ...
Health disparities, as defined by the NIH, refers to differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of disease among specific racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.
Cognitive and emotional health of children is one of 10 areas that NINDS has included in its strategic plan to reduce health disparities (Stroke, HIV, Neurological Complications of Diabetes, Epilepsy, Injury to the Developing Brain, Management of Chronic Pain, Research Capacity Building, Outreach Activities and Inclusion Policies of Minorities in Research).
While environmental contaminants are not the sole contributors for health disparities in cognitive and emotional health among minority children, studies of gene-environment interactions are extremely important and such studies could be undertaken and completed in a reasonable time period.
ninds.nih.gov /news_and_events/proceedings/MH_Meeting_Summary72301.htm   (3706 words)

  
 Santa Clara University - The Wellness Center - Emotional Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Emotional health is a dynamic state that is influenced by and influences our physical, intellectual, spiritual and social lives.
It is impossible to stop emotions from happening, so being able to cope effectively and in healthy ways is of great importance.
Part of emotional wellness is taking care of yourself so that you are in top emotional shape to deal with life’s stresses.
www.scu.edu /wellness/Emotional-Health.cfm   (302 words)

  
 The Highly Healthy Child: Your Child's Emotional Health
The emotional wheel is related to the well-being of a child’s mental faculties and the child’s connection with his or her emotions.
Instead, the emotionally healthy child is increasingly aware of his emotions, both positive and negative, and is learning to cope with and embrace the full spectrum of human emotions that each of us face.
Emotional health is greatly enhanced by the love, security and well-defined boundaries of the parent-child relationship.
www.focusonyourchild.com /health/art1/A0000787.html   (533 words)

  
 Imagine World Health - Emotional Health
Emotions (or feelings) arise from an interaction of the mind and the body.
All emotions are caused by a hormonal reaction to a thought.
Most people react emotionally to criticism because they lead fear based lives and any unrequested advice is perceived as criticism.
www.imagineworldhealth.org /behealthy/emotional.htm   (580 words)

  
 Malehealth : Emotional health
That matters, because emotional health is important for its own sake and is also closely linked to your physical health.
Emotional health, then, is not about feeling good all the time.
When we're emotionally unaware, we can find it hard to understand clearly many of our thoughts and feelings, and we can end up behaving in ways which are irrational and unconstructive, which we later regret, or which are inconsistent with our values and beliefs.
www.malehealth.co.uk /userpage1.cfm?item_id=149   (2320 words)

  
 EMOTIONAL HEALTH = MENTAL HEALTH
A useful definition of emotional health is the ability to express all emotions appropriately.
An outstanding example of emotional health is the average two-year-old, who often displays a full range of emotions.
Emotions are usually freely expressed and felt by the two-year-old, and therefore stuckness in any one emotion for more than a couple of minutes doesn't happen often.
www.psychologyhelp.com /emot91.htm   (213 words)

  
 DEHPP :: Possible Causes-Emotional Health
Emotional health is the way a person feels, thinks, behaves, and relates to life and other people.
In good emotional health, a child is happy, interested in life, has positive self-esteem, copes with everyday stressors and gets along with those around him/her.
A noticeable emotional decline in activities, withdrawing from family/friends, even wanting to be left alone are signs of poor emotional health.
www.daveidesign.com /dehpp/adults/pc_emhealth.html   (394 words)

  
 Emotional IQ | AHealthyMe.com
Emotional intelligence is the ability to cope with your own feelings as well as those of others.
You have to be aware of your own emotions and able to recognize what you're feeling at a given time.
The idea is not to suppress your emotions, but rather to be able to keep your feelings in perspective and avoid being hijacked by them.
www.ahealthyme.com /topic/emotionaliq   (854 words)

  
 Emotional Health | Harvard Health Publications
Emotional health disorders like anxiety and depression affect more than just the person experiencing it.
For every individual with an emotional health disorder, many more are affected by it, including spouses, children, other relatives, friends, and employers.
The Harvard Mental Health Letter is a unique resource that covers a wide range of mental health issues and concerns.
www.health.harvard.edu /Mens_Health/Emotional_Health.htm   (455 words)

  
 Emotional Health & Recovery Center
We treat adults ages 18 years and older who voluntarily seek our help for emotional disorders such as depression, anxiety and compulsive/dependent disorders; addictions such as chemical dependency and eating disorders; and psychiatric dysfunction such as psychosis and schizophrenia.
This secure environment is a haven for at-risk patients, enabling them to attain the level of physical and emotional stability and safety required to move ahead to outpatient treatment.
Although healing and recovery begin at the Blount Memorial Emotional Health and Recovery Center, healing and recovery also are an ongoing process that continue long after you leave.
www.blountmemorial.org /body.cfm?id=129   (451 words)

  
 What is Emotional Honesty?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Emotional Health Education (EHE) is a preventative strategy for developing emotional resilience and well-being based on self-acceptance principles of
EHE is a preventative method that focuses on learning safe, honest and effective ways of dealing with emotionally painful experiences so these wounds are not left unattended to accumulate and deepen into a sense of being an unlovable or unacceptable person.
People of all ages who recognize that they may unnecessarily suffer from prolonged or deep emotional distress because they lack the knowledge and skill for dealing safely and honestly with their hurt feelings arising from the four core wounding experiences of loss, rejection, betrayal and humiliation.
www.emotionalhonesty.com /emotionalhealthed.html   (444 words)

  
 Emotional Health & Mental Health Problems and Information
Emotional well-being and mental health concerns are major health issues in their own right.
Harvard Health Publications and the faculty of Harvard Medical School have developed in-depth special health reports that deal with the challenges of emotional and mental health issues.
Emotional and mental health issues can often be brought on by the strains of life situations, like caregiving for an older family member, dealing with Alzheimer’s disease, suffering the loss of a loved one, juggling the responsibilities of a busy lifestyle, or dealing with substance abuse.
www.health.harvard.edu /Emotional_Well_Being_and_Mental_Health   (297 words)

  
 Mental Health Issues
The Surgeon General's report defines mental health as "the successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people, and the ability to adapt to change and cope with adversity." Mental health generally refers to an individual's thoughts, feelings and actions, particularly when faced with life's challenges and stresses.
Yet some people believe it is shameful to seek help for an emotional health problem, or think that an emotional problem means you are "crazy." In many situations, the sooner help is sought, the less ongoing difficulty there will be with the problem.
Mental health problems can be the outcome of many different kinds of experiences in a person's life, from early childhood to later life events.
www.helpguide.org /mental_emotional_health.htm   (1180 words)

  
 Discovery Health :: How to Create Emotional Health
Your emotional health also shapes your ability to succeed "out there." According to researcher Daniel Goleman, author of the groundbreaking book "Emotional Intelligence," your "EQ" is a more accurate predictor of your ability to "succeed" in life than your IQ, a phenomenon he refers to as "emotional literacy."
Beyond physical vitality and personal security, there is an even deeper imperative calling us to pay attention to our emotional health: ultimately, the deepest satisfaction—or greatest misery—comes from our ability to live authentically, deeply and intimately with others.
While self-awareness is often accelerated in a group environment, often the next step toward greater emotional clarity is to continue into a more focused, one-on-one relationship with a counselor, teacher, mentor or coach.
health.discovery.com /centers/womens/althealth/emotional_healing.html   (625 words)

  
 Mental Health: Keeping Your Emotional Health -- familydoctor.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
People with good emotional health are in control of their thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
It's important to remember that people with good emotional health sometimes have emotional problems or mental illness.
However, people with good emotional health have learned ways to cope with stress and problems.
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 Emotional health, mental wellness, Mental Health Information Center
It also focuses on the emotional issues that can deprive people with eating disorders of a happy and productive life.
An eating disorder is an emotional and physical problem that is associated with an obsession with food, body weight, or body shape.
For example, a young person who has a close relative with an eating disorder, or whose parents or siblings are overly critical of him or her, may develop an eating disorder.
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov /highlights/February2005/eating/default.asp   (701 words)

  
 CMHS Programs: Child, Adolescent & Family - For Parents and Families
The Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Federal Center for Mental Health Services promotes and ensures that the mental health needs of children and their families are met within the context of community-based systems of care.
A goal of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children is to improve the delivery of mental health services and supports to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances, and their families, who need help from more than one service system.
CMHS' School Violence Prevention Program is targeted at improving mental health services for children with emotional and behavioral disorders who are at risk of violent behavior, and to focus on developing the integrated continuum of prevention, early intervention, and treatment.
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov /cmhs/ChildrensCampaign/parents.asp   (686 words)

  
 Emotional (Mental) Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Popular images of "comfort food" are not all in the mind: connections between food and mood are increasingly backed by research, suggesting that many of us subconsciously choose certain foods for their effects on our mood and emotions.
Mood and emotions may also be affected by a shortage of certain nutrients; for example, iron deficiency can result in depression.
You can help relieve these symptoms, usually thought to be "all in the mind," by eating to obtain a high intake of iron, vitamins B1, B2, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin C, zinc, and magnesium, and by stabilizing your blood sugar level.
www.telmedpak.com /generalpublics.asp?a=Nutrition&b=MentalHealth   (529 words)

  
 Emotional Health Therapy
Just as our physical health requires cultivation through good nutrition, rest and exercise, our emotional health requires us to use our imagination, our thinking skills and to de-clutter ourselves of emotional baggage.
Maintenance of an emotional garden is a process of weeding and planting.
The simple and empowering Emotional Freedom Techniques and the enlightened, commonsense ideas of the Human Givens Approach, offer us all a gentle and speedy route to emotional health.
www.emotional-health.co.uk   (160 words)

  
 GeoParent | Family | Parenting Techniques: Foster Children's Emotional Health
Emotion is often a more powerful determinant of behavior than the brain's logical/rational processes.
Expanded emotional states foster esteem and empowerment -- two of the building blocks for fulfilling one's life task.
And there is an emotional state you can hold in your mind as the ideal goal for the flow of life.
geoparent.com /family/techniques/emotionalhealth.htm   (782 words)

  
 Emotional health
Mind and body are not as separate as we may think and when things go wrong with either, the other is also affected.
There are some qualities in your life that can help your emotional health.
emotional health for details of counselling services, support groups and other sources of information
www.stocksurgery.co.uk /emotional_wellbeing.htm   (589 words)

  
 12 STEPS TO EMOTIONAL HEALTH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
We came to realize that we are profoundly emotional beings and that unless we understand our emotions we are very often powerless over our own actions and are powerless over the world.
We have monitored ourselves for feelings of guilt and when we do things that hurt others we look to what we were feeling at the time, thereby, avoiding feelings of guilt,understanding ourselves better, as well as making amends to those we have hurt.
Having come to know our emotional lives we have gained the ability to employ our interest and experience in a new type of interaction with others, one of mutual interest that will lead us to maximize joy in our lives and with others.
www.brianlynchmd.com /TWELVE/12stepsemotionhealth.htm   (900 words)

  
 TeacherSource . Health and Fitness . High . Mental/Emotional Health | PBS
Examine the central emotions and messages of Nelson Mandela's experience as a prisoner at Robben Island.
Understand the physical and emotional facets of dating violence -- its warning signs, examples of violence, statistics, and how to leave an abusive relationship.
Experience school life as an outsider by listening to a lesson in a second language and reflecting on emotions felt.
pbs.org /teachersource/health_fitness/high-mentalemotionalhealth.html   (876 words)

  
 Sarahealth.com | Emotional Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
You're making a health care choice free of any undue influences (meaning, you do not feel forced into your decision by anyone; see the SaraHealth.com section on bioethics).
Mental Health Links: web directory of useful links, associations, news and events, support, self-help and managed care.
Mental Health Center: answers to many of the questions you're too scared to ask.
www.sarahealth.com /health_emotional.html   (1681 words)

  
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The Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is the psychological acupressure technique I routinely use in my practice and most highly recommend to optimize your emotional health.
Although it is still often overlooked, emotional health is absolutely essential to your physical health and healing - no matter how devoted you are to the proper diet and lifestyle, you will not achieve your body's ideal healing and preventative powers if emotional barriers stand in your way.
This combination of tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive affirmation works to clear the "short-circuit" - the emotional block -- from your body's bioenergy system, thus restoring your mind and body's balance, which is essential for optimal health and the healing of physical disease.
www.mercola.com /forms/eftcourse.htm   (764 words)

  
 Emotional Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Emotional health is available and achievable by all of us.
But emotional wellness may be easier to emulate if you've done some research on the subject.
When a family lacks emotional health, the children grow to adulthood with some traits that can be described.
www.squidoo.com /emotionalhealth   (910 words)

  
 Focus on Children's Emotional Health
Whether it is concern about summer safety, back-to-school issues or Internet safety, children's emotional health is a year-round issue.
One in ten children and adolescents have a mental health problem severe enough to cause impairment yet fewer than half of these children receive appropriate treatment.
Chapter 3 of the Surgeon General's 1999 report on mental health focuses on issues relating to children and adolescents.
www.mhawestchester.org /parenting/schoolo2201.asp   (483 words)

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