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Mental Health for Communities Assignment

   

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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH FOR COMMUNITIESMental Health for CommunitiesName of StudentName of UniversityAuthor Note

1MENTAL HEALTH FOR COMMUNITIESIntroductionThe mentality of a person is one of the most important aspects that drive the humanactivities. Without the ability to think properly people cannot maintain their daily chores oflife (Betancourt et al., 2015). Thus, it is important to ensure that the mental health of anindividual remains stable. Mental health of an individual may have a negative impact on thenormal life of an individual and thereby is affected by the culture, attitude and theenvironment. The essay focuses on these issues and provides an analysis of the complexity ofthe mental health issues. The influence of culture, environment and support system is alsodiscussed which provides a proper understanding of the sufferings of the people sufferingfrom mental illness. The essay focuses on the impact of this mental health issue on thechildren living with single parents and the manner in which the society perceives suchchildren.DiscussionAccording to Schroeder and Peterson (2017), mental health is considered as a well-being based on which an individual can understand the self-abilities and maintain a properlybalanced life despite the pressures of life. A person with a sound mental health can assist acommunity in more than one ways. Scholars have suggested that stability of mental health isa result of the relation that exists between individuals and environmental factors (Patel &Saxena, 2014). This includes illness within the family ranging from generations, levels ofstress, lifestyle and work behaviour. These factors define the mental health of an individualand consequently provide the ability to contribute towards the wellbeing of a society. Thus, itis important that the mental health of individual conduct activities that deal with maintaininga proper life. In this regard, the individuals need to ensure that certain factors need to beavoided to ensure that the mental health is not harmed.

2MENTAL HEALTH FOR COMMUNITIESIssues such as underemployment, economic hardship, poverty, raised by a singleparent can cause a great deal of stress and lead to mental illness. According to Hickie (2015),mental illness is defined as a type of mental health disorder that mainly occurs due to theexistence of anxiety, depression, dementia and other mental characteristics. However, thiscurable disease can be done after recognising the symptoms and the factors that lead to theoccurrence of the disease. The mental illness in a person can be caused by impairment ofindividual, cognitive and affective abilities. It has been seen that most mental illness arisesfrom the biological and developmental factors and these factors can be managed by theapplication of various diagnostic diseases such as proper mental treatment and rehabilitation.Thus, the psychological factors affecting the health of an individual are based mainly on theenvironment and the social factors related to the lives of people.At times, it is seen that people tend to compare mental health with psychologicalhealth. Whenever a person with mental disability exists, the comparison starts with thepsychology of the individual. However, there exist certain differences between mental healthand psychological health. Mental health usually takes place due to many stressful factors atwork and personal life. The mentality of an individual needs to be such that the risk factorsthat exist in the environment are measured based on the stressful factors that exist in thesocial environment factor of an individual. Cummings et al. (2017) stated that normally themental health of an individual degrades from the excessive stress at the work place. However,psychological factors also exist in workplaces. Factors such as anxiety, underemploymentand stress provided by managers may lead to bipolar disease, schizophrenia and depression.Thus, this is the differences that exist between mental health and mental illness. Based onthis, it can be said that environmental and cultural factors also affect mental health.Harris, Barnett and Bridgman (2018) stated that the social determinants are presentthat pose a serious threat to the mental health of individuals. These determinants may result

3MENTAL HEALTH FOR COMMUNITIESfrom various factors that are present in a society. The factors may be from the personal livesof people as well as from the work place of the people. Most of the times the mental healthand illness of the people result based on two main factors. These factors include the cultureand the environment. The culture of an individual plays a huge role in the development of thementality of an individual. As stated by Allen et al. (2014) the mental health of an individualis formed by the manner in which the family responds. The behaviours and attitudes of thefamily affect the mental health of children, as they tend to learn from the behaviours of theseniors.In this case, it can be said that the children being brought up by a single parent have asevere mental breakdown than children residing with both parents. In this context, Pflum etal. (2015) stated that it is considered as one of the most important analyses done byresearchers that provide the facts of mental illness that exists between boys and girls livingwith both parents. About 8% of the children residing with both parents suffer from any typeof mental disorder while the rate increases to 13% for children living with split parents(Clement et al., 2015). This may be because a single parent undoes the responsibility anddiscipline that are provided by both the parents. Hence, children with single parents are morelikely to suffer from a mental breakdown due to lack of family culture. At the same time,these children are treated with disrespect in the society that prompts the occurrence of amental breakdown.Environmental issue: Another factor that may cause the occurrence of mental healthissues in an individual is the environment. According to Kleinman (2015), the environmentrefers to the existence of society and work place. Often it is seen that pressure from living upto the expectations of the employers and of the society causes stress among the people(Widom, Czaja and DuMont, 2015). The stress factors are related to the ways by whichpeople single out an individual based on the role they play in the society. In the case of

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