About Mental Health

Mental Health

1: the condition of being sound mentally and emotionally that is characterized by the absence of mental illness and by adequate adjustment especially as reflected in feeling comfortable about oneself, positive feelings about others, and the ability to meet the demands of daily life also : the general condition of one's mental and emotional state

2: health care dealing with the promotion and improvement of mental health and the treatment of mental illness —often used before another noun

Mental Health: Online Resources

The 7 Habits of Highly Emotionally Healthy People
Short summaries of the top habits for emotional health, from Psychology Today
Emotional Wellness Toolkit
Easy things you can do to improve emotional health and build a more positive outlook
How to look after your mental health
Ten practical things you can do to maintain mental health from the UK Mental Health Foundation

Mental Health: Library Resources

Mental Health: Topic Page
Mental Health defined and explained in the context of social and behavioral science, along with links to additional resources from the Library's other online databases.
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Introducing Mental Health, Second Edition by Caroline Kinsella; Connor Kinsella
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781784500504
Publication Date: 2015-06-21
Textbook for beginners, "students and professionals in health and social care, housing and criminal justice" from the British perspective. You may be prompted to login with your WebAdvisor user ID and eight digit birth date.
Mental health information for teens : health tips about mental wellness and mental illness : including facts about recognizing and treating mood, anxiety, personality, psychotic, behavioral, impulse control, and addiction disorders
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781786846211
Publication Date: 2017
Discusses mental health and its importance, facts about the causes, warning signs, and diagnosis of mental illnesses, specific disorders, mental health treatments. You may be prompted to login with your WebAdvisor user ID and eight digit birth date.
Wellbeing : a complete reference guide by Cary L. Cooper
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781786843074
Publication Date: 2017
Six-volume encyclopedia explores wellbeing from multiple perspectives, including children and families; the workplace; the environment; aging and later life; economics; interventions & policies promoting wellbeing. You may be prompted to login with your WebAdvisor user ID and eight digit birth date.
Encyclopedia of Trauma by Charles R. Figley (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412978798
Publication Date: 2012-09-17
Trauma is defined as a sudden, potentially deadly experience, often leaving lasting, troubling memories. Traumatology (the study of trauma, its effects, and methods to modify effects) is exploding in terms of published works and expanding in terms of scope.
Forced Migration and Mental Health by David Ingleby (Editor)
ISBN: 9780387226927
Publication Date: 2004-12-07
This book presents a critical review of mental health care provisions for people who have had to leave their homeland, and explores the controversies surrounding this topic. Providing fresh perspectives on an age old problem, this book covers humanitarian aid and reconstruction programs as well as service provision in host countries.
Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service by Avron Spiro; Richard A. Settersten; Carolyn M. Aldwin
ISBN: 9781433828041
Publication Date: 2017-10-01
The prevalence of negative trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military veterans is well-known. But other more subtle effects of military service--particularly on health and well-being in later life--are less well-understood, among researchers as well as medical and mental health professionals who care for veterans.
Rural Mental Health by K. Bryant Smalley; Jacob C. Warren; Jackson P. Rainer
ISBN: 9780826108005
Publication Date: 2012-06-01
" Rural Mental Health" offers the most up-to-date, research-based information on policies and practice in rural and frontier populations. Eminent clinicians and researchers examine the complexities of improving mental health in rural practice and offer clear recommendations which can be adapted into current practice and training programs.
Cultural Trauma by Ron Eyerman
ISBN: 9780521808286
Publication Date: 2001-12-13
In this book, Ron Eyerman explores the formation of the African-American identity through the theory of cultural trauma. The trauma in question is slavery, not as an institution or as personal experience, but as collective memory: a pervasive remembrance that grounded a people's sense of itself.

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