Mental Health Outline

Contents:
1. Essay plan
Introduction:
1. Basic overview of Mental Health:
• Mental Health is the psychological state of someone who is operating at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment.
• A person with good mental health has the ability to cope with daily activities. It determines our interactions with other people, and the fluency at which we can carry out simple or stressful tasks.
• Mental health should balance out with physical health to ensure one’s stability as a person.
• However, there are people who do not function at this same level, and often show signs of significant anguish due to the instability of their personal mental pattern. These people are said to be suffering from mental health illnesses, also known

Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.
• Studies show that 75 percent of health issues are found in African countries.
• As cited by Mayo Clinic, “mental illness is common. About 1 in 5 adults has a mental illness in any given year. Mental illness can begin at any age, from childhood through later adult years, but most begin earlier in life”.
2. Mental Health Issues are not publicized enough, so they tend not to be seen as a real issue. There is not as much information displayed about mental health issues as well as physical health problems faced in the world. So patients suffering from mental health issues are often stigmatized as people are not educated about the true intensity of the problems and how they affect the individual.
3. This essay will evaluate the severity of mental health issues, the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, how to raise awareness about it to the public, and how we can aid mental patients.
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1. Common mental disorders include depression, which affects about 400 million, dementia which affects about 35 million, and schizophrenia, which affects about 21 million people