MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESSES - MENTAL HEALTH IS TO DO WITH A PERSONS CONDITION WITH REGARD TO THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE CONDITIONS WHICH CAUSE SERIOUS DISORDERS IN A PERSON'S BEHAVIOR AND/OR PERSONALITY. ALTHOUGH THE TERMS ARE OFTEN USED INTERCHANGEABLY, MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT THE SAME THING; BUT THEY ARE ALSO NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS IS THAT EVERYONE HAS SOME LEVEL OF MENTAL HEALTH ALL OF THE TIME, JUST LIKE PHYSICAL HEALTH, WHEREAS IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE WITHOUT MENTAL ILLNESS. MENTAL ILLNESS IS A DIAGNOSED SYMPTOM SUCH AS THINGS LIKE ALZHEIMERS, EPILEPSY AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.
FACTORS -
SELF ESTEEM - SELF-ESTEEM IS A TERM USED IN SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY TO REFLECT A PERSON'S OVERALL EMOTIONAL EVALUATION OF HIS OR HER OWN WORTH. IT IS A JUDGMENT OF ONESELF AS WELL AS AN ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SELF. SELF ESTEEM WOULD IMPACT ON A YOUNG PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE HIS OR HERS SELF ESTEEM SHOWS WHAT THEY THINK OF THEIR SELF IS LOW, THEY ARE GOING TO BE SCARED OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, WHICH MIGHT CAUSE ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS.
FEELING LOVED - FEELING LOVED IS WHEN SOMEONE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, SHOWS SOME KIND OF AFFECTION TO YOU, WHETHER IT IS SEXUAL AFFECTION OR JUST MUTUAL AFFECTION. FEELING LOVED CAN HELP YOUNG PEOPLE MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH WHO THEY ARE, THEN IT MIGHT MAKE THEM FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.
CONFIDENCE - CONFIDENCE IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE FEELING OR BELIEF THAT ONE CAN HAVE FAITH IN OR RELY ON YOURSELF, SOMEONE ELSE OR SOMETHING. CONFIDENCE CAN HAVE A HUGE AFFECT ON A YOUNG PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF YOU WILL BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOURSELF AND DO NOT CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU, AT ALL.
FAMILY BREAK UP OR LOSS - A FAMILY BREAK UP OR A FAMILY MEMBER LOSS WOULD NOT BE VERY GOOD FOR A YOUNG PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED IN HIS/HERS FAMILY, THEY ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE EXTREMELY UPSET AND NOT BE WANTING TO TAKE TO ANYONE ABOUT IT AND MOST LIKELY LOCKING THEM SELVES INTO THEIR ROOM.
ABUSE - ABUSE IS WHEN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAS BEEN TREATED WITH VIOLENCE OR CRUELTY, ESPECIALLY REGULARLY OR REPEATEDLY. IF A YOUNG PERSON HAS BEEN ABUSED IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THEM THINK THAT THEY ARE BEING HURT BECAUSE THEY ARE UGLY OR STUPID, WHEN THEY ARE NOT.