Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and psychological well-being. 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." According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is no one "official" definition of mental health. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional th ...

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• Mental health - Overview
• Mental health - World Health Organization definition of mental health
• Mental health - Mental hygiene concept
• Mental health - Psychopathology
• Mental health - Opposition to biological psychiatry
• Mental health - Mental health promotion

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• Mental plane - Predecessors of the concept
• Mental plane - Hermetic Theosophical and Rosicrucian interpretations
• Mental plane - Some current definitions of the mental plane

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Dr. William Glasser, a psychiatrist engaged in therapeutics and counseling, describes 'Mental Hygiene' in his book Mental Health or Mental Illness (1961), following the dictionary definition of hygiene as the establishment and maintenance of health, i.e. mental health. Currently, many mental health professionals focus less upon enhancing mental health than on treating psychological symptoms with psychoactive medications. Mental health, as a concept, is quite distinct from mental illness, and enhancement of mental health plays n ...

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Artistry of the Mentally Ill was a 1922 book by psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn, and is known as the work that launched the field of psychiatric art. It was the first attempt to analyze the drawings of the mentally ill not merely psychologically, but also aesthetically. In the book, Prinzhorn presents the works of ten "schizophrenic masters" from the Heidelberg collection, with in-depth aesthetic analysis of each and also full-color reproductions of their work. These ten masters were: Karl Brendel Augus ...

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Teaching and playing the game of chess has often been advocated as a form of mental training. Benjamin Franklin, in his article The Morals of Chess (1750), advocated such a view: "The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, a ...

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Subtle bodies Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical plane: Physical body The 7 Worlds & the 7 Cosmic Planes The Seven-fold constitution of Man The Ten-fold constitution of Man Cosmology Sufi cosmology Tanazzulut Ray of Creation The Laws Three Centres Five Centres Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)   Inner Plane    ...

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World Mental Health Day (October 10), is a global mental health education, awareness and advocacy project of World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. Other related archivesOctober 10

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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, formerly known as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is an American non-profit national advocacy organization founded in 1979 for people affected by serious mental illnesses and their families. NAMI claims to have over 200,0001 members, offices in all 50 states, and 1200 affiliates across the United States. ...

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The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) was founded in 1948. It is an international non-profit organization that aims to prevent and treat mental and emotional disorders and to promote and provide mental health care. World Federation for Mental Health - Notable members of WFMH. John Rawlings Rees - First president Helmuth Ehrhardt - Executive board member Werner Villinger - Educating the Public Brock Chisholm - President 1957-1958 W ...

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The Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health (CSMMH) was founded on November 13, 2003, by the nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization Center for Inquiry. The commission is commonly referenced for their critical studies of popular, but unproven, alternative medicine and mental health practices. Despite its name, this organisation is not a governmentally commissioned body, but rather a collection of scholars interested in ...

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most often in diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and internationally. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is a commonly-used alternative. Some psychologists have stated that they use DSM primarily for completing forms for the government or insurance companies, some of which require a patient to be classified by a diag ...

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• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Brief history
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - A Multiaxial Approach
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Mental health promotion works from the principle that everyone has mental health needs, not just people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Mental health promotion is essentially concerned with making changes to society that will promote people's mental well-being. Mental health promotion is a term that covers a variety of strategies. These strategies can be seen to occur at three levels: Individual - encouragement of invidual resources by promotion of interventions for self-esteem, coping, assertiveness ...

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mental plane: Names the refined strata of the subtle world. It is called Maharloka or Devaloka, realm of anahata chakra. Here the soul is shrouded in the mental or cognitive sheath, called vijnanamaya kosha.

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Mental Mediumship:

The paranormal obtaining of information by a medium.

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Mental healing , Mental healing ,  :

The use of mind to cure disease, particularly physical illness.

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mental body (sheath): The higher-mind layer of the subtle or astral body in which the soul functions in Maharloka of the Antarloka or subtle plane. In Sanskrit, the mental body is vijnanamaya kosha, "sheath of cognition."

See: intellectual mind, kosha, subtle body.

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Mental Medicine (the Medicine of the North, Mental Medicine path, mental path): Mode of Cherokee healing that includes biofeedback, the Cross-Over exercise, visualization, and relaxation techniques. One of its purposes is to calm the spirit.

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Definition and meaning of Mental, Emotional Distress :

Mental (or Emotional) Distress: Usually not covered if a claimant was a bystander to an accident, but usually covered if he was physically involved.

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Definition and meaning of Mental, Emotional Distress :

Mental (or Emotional) Distress: Usually not covered if a claimant was a bystander to an accident, but usually covered if he was physically involved.

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mental healing: Process whereby one endeavors to heal another with conscious intent alone. The expressions mental healing and spiritual healing often are synonymous.

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