Mental Health
Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social
well-being. It influences cognition, perception, and behavior. It
also determines how an individual handles stress, interpersonal
relationships, and decision-making.[1] Mental health includes
subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy,
competence, intergenerational dependence, and self-actualization of
one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others.[2] From
the perspectives of positive psychology or holism, mental health may
include an individual's ability to enjoy life and to create a
balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological
resilience.[3] Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and
competing professional theories all affect how one defines "mental
health".[4] Some early signs related to mental health problems are
sleep irritation, lack of energy and thinking of harming yourself or
others.[5]