Mental health is defined by the World Health Organization as a state of well-being in which an individual can fulfill his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and contribute to his or her community.
In this positive sense, mental health is the foundation of well-being and effective functioning for the individual and for the community.
The World Health Organization highlights the following criteria for mental health:
- Awareness and sense of continuity, permanence, and identity of one’s physical and mental self.
- A sense of permanence and identity of experiences in the same type of situations.
- Criticality to oneself and one’s own mental products (activities) and their results.
- Compliance of mental reactions (adequacy) with the force and frequency of environmental influences, social circumstances and situations.
ability to self-manage behavior in accordance with social norms, rules, laws. - Ability to plan one’s own life activities and implement these plans.
- Ability to change way of behavior depending on changes of life situations and circumstances.
Normal mental health is understood as the harmonious development of the psyche, corresponding to age, the age norm of this person. The favorable functional state is considered as a complex of characteristics and functions providing effective performance by the person of the problems facing him in various spheres of life activity. One of the leading indicators of the functional state of the psyche is mental performance, which integrates the main characteristics of the psyche – perception, attention, memory, etc.
High mental performance is one of the main indicators of mental health and an important indicator of a favorable functional state of the organism as a whole.
Covering psychological problems arising in the workplace and providing information on how to cope with them increases stress resistance and improves mental health.
We invite you to get acquainted with the doctors’ recommendations on how to be happy at work.
Wake up earlier-at least an hour before you leave the house for work, enjoy some time to yourself before the busy day begins. Give yourself time to eat breakfast in peace, go for a run, or do whatever helps you start your day in a positive way. Nothing will help you improve your mood more than thinking that you’ve done something nice for yourself personally.
Dress well.When you leave the house in a good mood and ready to go, then you are on your way to a successful day. Looking good will make you feel good. Even if you are very tired from work, look in the mirror, pull yourself together and energize yourself by starting the day right.
The main thing is to persevere toward your goal, and remember that happiness at work, at home or anywhere else depends only on you! Happiness is the way you think and make conscious decisions. Take care of yourself!
