Mental Health Issues: Concepts, Strategies, and Wellbeing Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of mental health and well-being, defining these concepts and exploring their significance. It delves into the key concepts associated with well-being, the sociological issues and global trends linked to mental health, and strategies to enhance the well-being of individuals facing mental health challenges. The report emphasizes the importance of maintaining good mental health, healthy living conditions, work-life balance, mindfulness, and social connections. It also highlights the impact of factors such as poor housing, social isolation, and discrimination on mental health. Furthermore, it underscores the importance of strategies like connecting with others, physical activity, mindfulness, and learning new skills to improve mental well-being. The report also emphasizes the role of healthy eating, avoiding substance abuse, cultivating gratitude, and maintaining a positive attitude in fostering overall well-being.

Assessment

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It has been evaluated that, Well- being is one of the key prominent state which helps in
improving the state of being comfortable and healthy. Well- being is considered to be as the
experience of the prosperity, healthy and happiness. Mental well-being is the state when the
individual realises his own set of abilities and has the capability to cope up with the normal
stresses of life.
The key aim of the study is, “To effectively evaluate the concepts and strategies associated
with the people with mental health issues.”
Objectives
 To develop a significant understanding on the wellbeing related with the mental health
issues.
 To demonstrate emerging set of sociological issues and global trends associated with the
mental health.
 To critically evaluate the key 2 concepts which relates to the well- being.
 To determine the strategies or initiatives that focuses on effectively enhancing the
wellbeing of people with mental health issues.
It has been summarized that, good living condition is associated with the employment and
maintenance of health. It is the positive outcome which helps people living within the society.
The key significant analysis is that, eating healthy and maintaining optimum level of weight is
highly significant in improving the mental health issues and conditions. Creating work life
balance and practising mindfulness is considered to be appropriate as it is significant in reducing
stress. Taking time to be with the family and friends helps in better interaction in maintaining
good set of relationship and ensure positive mental health conditions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Well- being is considered to be as a state of being healthy and comfortable. Well- being is
considered to be as the experience of the prosperity, healthy and happiness. This is mainly
associated with having effective degree of mental health, sense of meaning, high life satisfaction,
and also a significant degree of ability to manage the stress. It is f crucial importance to enhance
the well- being of the individual person (Read, Grundy and Foverskov, 2016). Wellbeing mainly
comprise of emotional, physical, economic, intellectual, workplace, social and societal
wellbeing. This study will focus on examining the key 2 concepts which relates to the well-
being. This study will also focus on effectively determining the key issues linked with the
wellbeing of people with mental health issues. Furthermore, this study also focuses on evaluating
the strategies or initiatives that focuses on effectively enhancing the wellbeing of people with
mental health issues. This study will also demonstrate emerging set of sociological issues.
The key significant principles associated with the wellbeing mainly comprise of connecting
with the other people and maintaining good set of relationship which is considered to be relevant
for the mental well-being (Cooper, Smith, and Russell, 2017). Wellness is the key responsibility
of an individual person. Wellness is mainly an active process and is outcome oriented. The
major global and national wellness trend associated with the wellbeing is associated with the
shifting the main focus from sleep to true circadian health. Surging for the mental wellness
technology and ageing gets a cool rebrand is considered to be one of the key significant trend
associated with the wellbeing agenda. Rethinking the relationship and focusing on eating well
and proper meditation are considered to be as the key global and national trends which are linked
with the wellbeing of the individual person who has been suffering from the mental health issues.
Mental wellness is one of the key prominent trend in the coming future. The meditation in turn
has become seriously mainstream and helps in tracking the mental state of the individual person
with utmost degree of precision and accuracy and take relative measures to improve the business
performance and efficiency. Mental health tends to have positive set of concept linked with the
emotional and social well-being of the person or group who has been facing issues linked with
the mental problem. Ensuring well- being of the person is considered to be of utmost priority and
is useful for the overall well- being and improved mental health outcomes.
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DISCUSSION
The mental well-being is referred to as the state of well-being when the individual realises
his own set of abilities and has the capability to cope up with the normal stresses of life and can
work in a productive and fruitful manner. Mental well-being is linked with the ability to make
contribution to the community in a significant and effective manner (Lawrence and et.al., 2015).
A good mental well-being is associated with the ability of the person to fulfil various set of
functions and activities like ability to learn, ability to express, feel and manage various range of
positive as well as negative emotions. It is also considered to be the ability of the person and to
maintain good set of relationship with others and improve the business efficiency. There seems
to be significant degree of connection between mental health and physical health. Poor mental
health is linked with this factor associated with chronic physical conditions and people who have
serious mental health issues are at the major risk of experiencing chronic physical conditions.
Mental health as well as the physical health of the individual is closely connected (McManus and
et.al., 2016). However, mental health tends to play one of the key significant role in maintaining
ability of people to maintain good physical health. Mental health and well-being of considered to
be one of the key prominent factors which are crucial for the families, individuals, workplace,
schools and community to live healthy and prosperous life. The key sociological issues linked
with the mental health in turn mainly comprise of poor housing, social isolation, poverty,
unemployment, discrimination and social stigma which are the key emerging sociological issues
linked with the mental health. These issues adversely impact the mental health of the individual
person and also impact their wellbeing.
Well-being is considered to be one of the key significant experience of prosperity, health and
happiness. This is associated with having good mental health and leads to high degree of
satisfaction to words life and a sense of purpose and meaning by managing stress in an effective
and efficient manner (Hassan and et.al., 2016). Good living condition is associated with the
employment and maintenance of proper health. It is the positive outcome which helps people
living within the society. The key measures associated with the well-being of gross domestic
product per capita, unemployment and Employment rate, household debt, standard of living,
natural environment, household debt and government consolidated gross debt. Maintaining
significant degree of Health associated with eating healthy, taking proper sleep and reducing
stress level is considered to be one of the key prominent ways to improve the mental health
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conditions. This concept is considered to be problem because it is useful ensuring that people
with mental health issues can live a healthy and prosperous life by maintaining proper health and
eating well (Hoare, Bott and Robinson, 2017). Creating awareness of the work themselves to be
one of the key significant measure which is useful in ensuring that effective set of mental health
is ensured with the person and also focuses on making sure that relevant set of action has been
taken to reduce mental health issues in a significant and relevant manner. People who tends to
have mental health issues must focus on effectively ensuring that, they do not smoke or get
indulged in any sort of substance abuse activities. This helps in living a healthy live and
improves the mental health condition of the individual person at a greater scale. Eating healthy
diet where the food is rich in the whole grains, vegetables, lean protein, as well as fruits. This is
useful in maintaining healthiest life possible and improving the mental health conditions. The
individual person must also focus on getting enough vitamin D and calcium and also maintain a
level of healthy weight. This is prominent in living a healthy life for the people who has been
suffering from mental health issues.
Happiness and prosperity is another significant concept which in turn is considered to be
prominent in improving the health conditions and leads to improved living conditions and greater
set of efficiency lo live a healthy and happy life (Semlyen and et.al., 2016). The individual
person must significantly focus on maintaining positive set of attitude and developing a mind-set.
This eventually leads to live a life full of happiness and filled with positivity. Celebrating
Victories and maintaining effective set of work life balance is considered to be one of the key
prominent concept to live a happy life. This is a prominent way in creating balance and reducing
stress which eventually leads to maintaining positive mental health (Lawrence and et.al., 2016).
Practising mindfulness by ensuring attention and awareness associated with the present moment
at working out. Practising mindfulness is considered to be appropriate as it is significant in
reducing stress. People with mental health issues must focus on meditation. This way it will be
useful in finding peace and affirmation within oneself. People with mental health issues must
also significantly focus on engaging and creative set of activities on a regular basis which will
eventually make them happy and make them feel they are living a healthy and prosperous life
(What Is Well-Being? Definition, Types, and Well-Being Skills, 2020). Creative set of activities
mainly includes painting, writing, musical performance, dancing and drawing. An individual
person must focus on accepting the imperfections and must also ensure that individual live a
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healthy and prosperous life. Cultivating gratitude is also one of the key significant factor which
is useful in ensuring that people live a happy and prosperous life. Creating a positive attitude and
thoughts towards life helps in improving the mental health conditions of the people.
Strategies and initiatives that seek to enhance the wellbeing of the people with mental health
issues helps the person live a better living of life and leads to improved health conditions (Birtel,
Wood and Kempa, 2017). Connecting with the people and maintaining good set of relationship
is considered to be one of the key prominent strategy and initiative which is useful in enhancing
the well-being of the people who has mental health issues. Interacting with the people and
maintaining social relation is useful in maintaining effective mental health condition. Being
physically active is useful in ensuring that effective physical health as well as fitness has been
maintained. However, effective physical health is a sign of significant mental health. This leads
to improved mental health conditions and well-being of the people who has mental health issues
(McMillan, 2019). Paying attention to the present moment and being mindful is one of the key
prominent initiative which is useful in enhancing the well-being of the individual person who has
mental health issues. It has to live a happy, healthy and prosperous life. Learning new set of
skills which have the confidence and read and self-esteem of the individual person (Petrillo and
et.al., 2015). Also helping to connect with others and helping to build a sense of purpose for the
life is one of the key significant measure an initiative which is useful in improving the mental
well-being of the individual people who are suffering from mental health issues. Taking time to
be with the family and friends helps in better interaction in maintaining good set up relationship
with them. This is one of the prominent way to improve the mental health condition among the
people and live a healthy and prosperous life. Eating healthy and engaging in the physical and
mental well-being health conditions in turn is considered to be of paramount importance.
Engaging in health fitness activities like Zumba, swimming, dancing, cycling, exercise, walking,
and etc. to improve the conditions linked with the mental health issues. This eventually leads to
high degree of maintaining optimum level of mental health conditions and resolve issues in a
significant manner. The individual people must avoid relying upon the social media platforms
and technologies to interact and build relationships (Liddell and Guiney, 2015). Mindfulness
based cognitive therapy is an effective strategy or initiative which seek to enhance the wellbeing
of the people with mental health issues. It helps in changing any sort of destructive or disturbing
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thoughts among the individual. This helps in developing positive set of influence upon the
emotions and behaviour.
CONCLUSION
From the conducted study it has been summarized that, Well- being is associated with
having effective degree of mental health and living a life with full of positivity and enthusiasm.
Wellness is mainly an active process and the individual person must always make sure they are
having right mental state and can take necessary decision. Rethinking the relationship and
focusing on eating well and proper meditation are considered to be as the key global and national
trends associated with people suffering from mental health issues. Effective health and living a
happy and prosperous life is the major concept associated with the mental health and well-being
of the person suffering from mental health issue. Practising mindfulness is considered to be
appropriate as it is significant in reducing stress. Connecting with the people and maintaining
good set of relationship is considered to be one of the key prominent strategy for the wellbeing
of the people with mental health issue. Eating healthy and engaging in the physical activity helps
in enhancing the mental health condition and live a healthy and prosperous life. Cognitive
therapy based on mindfulness is an effective initiative which seek to enhance the wellbeing of
the people with mental health issues.
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