Mental Health, Physical Activity and Physical Therapy

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.[1] More concrete mental health includes different components of life; for example, in terms of relationships, having a good relationship with family and having supportive friends, with the ability to talk about feelings. For leisure time it is about having hobbies, doing exercises on regular basis and having regular holidays. Furthermore, it is important to follow a healthy lifestyle that includes, having healthy eating habits, not smoking or drinking and not taking no‐prescribed drugs and at least being able to achieve some goals in life. Mental health is not merely the absence of a mental disorder. It exists on a continuum to include flourishing mental health, very good mental health, mean mental health, decreased mental health, mental health problems and mental health disorders.[2]

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  1. WHO Statement Mental Health - A State of Wellbeing http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/mental_health/en/
  2. Michel Probst, Mental Health and Physiotherapy, Clinical Physical Therapy https://www.intechopen.com/books/clinical-physical-therapy