Mental Health Nvq

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Task 3: • Your awareness of the causes of Mental illness Individual experience just over one in ten persons in their lifetime, will experience mental health problems. While it is widely studied worldwide that up to one in four persons’ experience mental health problems. The most causes of mental illness are as follows: - Physical issues such as illness, disability, unable to function properly - Emotional Problems like poor family up brings and environments - Heredity issues through repeated history in the family - Stress related problems 2. Your knowledge of strategies to maintain Positive Mental Health There are times when the problems of life bits so hard that one really wants to explode. Maintaining a stronger mental health and persevering is the key to your …show more content…

- Engaging in activities that build self-esteem and refreshing the mind. - Prayer is vital method of meditation that it can be used in promoting positive - Maintain a positive mental attitude. By making time for the things they enjoy doing people can create a more balanced life for themselves - Express feelings and not keep them bottled up. Suppressing emotions can lead to muscle tension, ulcers and heart problems. - Learning new methods to help them cope with stress more readily. - Eating good foods, doing more exercise and quality sleep time (6hours or more in a day) - Meeting and spending time in and around nature can help people to find inner peace. - Having a sense of belonging in a community and active can give an individual good for mental health. - Getting involve in art, music and reading can stimulate the mind and exercise the brain. 3. Your awareness of classifications of Mental Illness Mental illness in the 21st century is coded for diagnosis. Illnesses are described precisely in order to arrive at more accurate diagnoses. Classifications of mental health and including some examples: 1. Anxiety Disorder: Panic, acute stress and social

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