Mental Health and Illness

Psychologists: To determine whether the psychological health, psychologists have proposed many criteria, and most countries in the world use the doctrine of humanist Maslow to develop psychological health standards. According to Maslow’s doctrine, there are three main aspects to judge whether the psychological health. First, to see whether the person’s mind is sound, that is, to see whether the person’s intelligence and the whole mental state is stable and normal. Second, to see whether a person’s social adaptability, that is, to see whether a person can adapt to work, family, interpersonal relationships. Third, to see whether a person can make the necessary self-adjustment. In addition, it is important to hold relative standards to judge whether a person is psychologically healthy or not. For example, the West in the Middle Ages looked at homosexuality as a great sin, punishable by capital punishment, but today, many countries approve of homosexuality. Reporter: So how to properly understand and view mental illness? Psychologists; for example, there is a high school student, because of a thing done a little different, his classmates ridiculed him “psychological abnormalities”. The more he heard about it, the more he could not let go of his mind, always doubting whether he really had a mental illness, feeling ashamed, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, so he did not want to see others, which seriously affected his life. This shows how important it is to understand mental illness correctly. In fact, mental illness, like physical illness, is a frequent occurrence, so we should have a “normal mindset” when dealing with mental illness. The human psyche, like the physiology, is an organic system of human life, with its own unique mechanisms and laws. There are some fluctuations and abnormalities in mental activities, and their psychological manifestations are emotional changes, which can produce irritability, tension, anxiety, depression. Depending on the duration and degree of abnormal mental activity, mental illnesses are diverse and complex. Reporter: How to understand the diversity and complexity of mental illnesses? Psychologists: In psychological counseling, psychologists classify psychological disorders according to their degree or nature so that they can be dealt with in a timely manner. I. Psychological problems Recent psychological disorders that have not yet been generalized and are not too violent are mainly manifested by certain fluctuations in the state of mind and emotions, but the thinking remains strictly logical and the personality is very complete. Psychological problems are like having a cold, which can also be called a psychological cold. For psychological problems, proper adjustment, or through psychological counseling, to get help, will soon recover. Second, the psychological disorder The psychological reaction is intense, persistent, the content is fully generalized, the abnormal psychological behavior lasts longer, and the psychological burden is difficult to overcome. Psychological disorders are what we often see anxiety, depression, phobias, hypochondria, neurasthenia, somatoform disorders, depersonalization, hypochondriasis, etc. Third, the state of the edge of mental illness This is a more serious category. Patients with atypical abnormal mental phenomena, such as inattentiveness, weakened willpower, self-evaluation deviation from the norm, social interaction and personality changes, etc. IV. Mental illness Many people are not clear about the concept when talking about mental illness, and often refer to some emotional psychological problems as mental illnesses as well. By mental illness today we mean severe mental illness, most commonly schizophrenia, in which the integrity, coordination, and unity of the patient’s mental activities are destroyed, and his or her behavior seriously affects daily life, learning, and interactions, and his or her personality is significantly altered. The process from psychological problems to psychological disorders is a gradual aggravation, and early and timely detection of psychological problems can avoid the transformation to psychological disorders. Mental illness borderline states and mental illnesses must be treated in a specialist hospital or by a psychologist or psychiatrist. It should be noted that some people have serious prejudice against people with mental illnesses, and prejudice is more cruel than the harm brought by mental illness.