 Hello, welcome everybody, welcome my learners, my viewers, today we are going to discuss a very important and relevant topic, mental health, okay. And you know I am Dr. Rashmi Singh, assistant professor in Department of Education, SS Kanna Girls Degree College, University of Allahabad, okay. Let's start, what is mental health is, what it is, concept, what are its components, what are the factors which affect mental health, who can contribute to mental health and all, okay. So, first of all we have to know what health is, okay, swasthya. So, the topic of mental health is also in MA syllabus, it is also in BAD, it is also in MA. And that is why I have chosen it, because it is very relevant and we should know it, and if we know it and we can improve our mental health, at least we will not spoil it, okay. So, we should know it, you need to know this topic for your information. Health. Health means health, and whenever you search for it, any chapter you will read, any book you will read on health, then the definition of WHO starts in general, I have also started from there and I like this definition as well, what is this definition, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, means it says that health is the same dasha hai jisme aap puri kari ke se, physically, mentally and socially, i.e. aap ka tariri krup se bhi, mansi krup se bhi, aur samajik krup se bhi, aap khairiyat se hungi, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, bas isle nahi ke aap ko koi bimari hai, koi durbalta hai, agar wo nahi hai to aap swasth nahi hai, aap swasth tab hai, jab aap physically, mentally and socially, well-being aapki sab thi kak hai. So, I really like this definition, if you also don't know, then you know it today, and when we think of health in Hindi, what is health, what does it mean? Swaadhan asth nahi, that means if you check it out, it doesn't mean that you have read it, but it means that it is a state of well-being, understand it like this, i.e. the state of self, i.e. that when you don't have to do any unnecessary work, then we are healthy, if we do that, then we are not healthy. It is a very broad definition of health, and it includes mental health in itself, that's why it started with health, okay? And the WHO here, as many times as possible, it is WHO, it is not WHO, I didn't get a dot, okay, my mistake, sorry. So, this is the definition of World Health Organization. Then, emergence, was the concept of mental health always there, or in the past few years, what is behind it? So, mental health has always been a mental illness, but it started talking a lot about mental health, because mental health has been a curtain of stigma and discrimination for too long, i.e. it was a very long time, it was a stigma, it was discrimination, people used to discriminate, they used to think it was bad, they used to think it was bad, they used to see it with their eyes, they were mentally ill, that's why it was hidden behind the curtain, so it was time to bring it out into open. Now, it's time for us to bring it out into open, i.e. talk about it, pick up its issues, okay? And mental health is about wellness rather than illness, i.e. it's a matter of good, not a matter of bad, mental health is such a concept, and it is a positive concept, i.e. we have to take it in positivity, we have to take it in positive means, in good terms, we have to deal with it, okay? The concept of mental health, now let's come to mental health. What is mental health? It includes emotional, psychological and social well-being, i.e. if we and you from the Samvegi group, from the Manovegiyaani group, and from the Samajic group, we are all in good health, everything is going well, we are outside, our mental health can still be maintained. And again, if we look at the definition of WHO, then it is very, very quoted definition, that's why I have also made it clear, and you will also get a lot of definitions. Okay, there is one more thing, that working on mental health, or making policies, or talking about it, that's why it is a bit difficult, that mental health is a very broad concept, mental health, defining it, delimiting it, has not been properly handled properly, that's why it becomes a topic of discussion, properly things can't be handled properly. So, what is Dalu saying? That mental health is a state of well-being, of well-being, your everything was right, that's the definition, in which an individual, in which a person can realise, recognise, who, his or her own abilities, i.e. if you and I know about our youth, can cope with the normal stresses of life. See, there is no life in which there is no stress, no pain or pain. So, if we are dying every day, we can cope with the stresses of life, we can do it, and work productively. If we can do something productive, if we can do something productive, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community, and whatever part of the community we are in, if we are able to contribute, then we can say that we are healthy from the mental group. See, it's a very, very broad area. You will be able to do all this only if you are mentally healthy. Otherwise, we can go in the category of mental illness even if we have reached the highest level of deviation, i.e. we should know about ourselves and our youth, we can deal with the stresses of dying every day, we can do something productive, we can do something productive, and not destructive, if we are not productive, and if we contribute, then we can say that we are healthy from the mental group, and if we are doing all this, then we are healthy from the mental group. Okay? In the WHO, it is said that the definition of health is that you are not just sick, it doesn't mean that you are healthy. Similarly, the concept of mental health is that more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities, not just because we don't have any mental disorder, then we can say that we are mentally healthy. No. It is a more broader, more positive, more widened concept, mental health is. That's not because we are not mentally ill. This doesn't mean that we are mentally healthy. i.e. if we are free from mental disorders, then we can't say that we are mentally healthy. This means that it is said that being healthy from the mental group is a big deal. Then the concept of mental health, what are the things that we have, what are the things that we are able to fulfill, it can be said that we are mentally healthy, or we have mental health. First of all, subjective well-being. Right? Well-being is subjective. Secondly, perceived self-efficacy. i.e. we are able to perceive ourselves, that we are efficient, we are able to perceive ourselves. This doesn't mean that we feel that we are not of any kind of work, that nothing happens to us, that we go where we want to go, that we get spoiled, that we are very unlucky, and if we are aggressive with such a feeling, then that is not a concept of mental health. We should have a self-efficacy, we should have a perception, we should have autonomy. i.e. we should do some work according to ourselves, which our parents are aware of. Otherwise, if we are doing everything because the other wants us to do it, then that mental health gets spoiled. Then, competence. We should have competence in healthy and healthy areas, so that we can move forward, lead, deal, reach the goal, progress. Then, intergenerational dependence. See, this concept comes in mental health, that if your parents, or any individual's mental disorder or mental illness has a case, then the possibility of coming into its generation increases, instead of its healthy person's case, healthy parents' child. So, the intergenerational dependence comes in this concept. Then, last but not the least, what is regulation of the ability to recognize one's intellectual and emotional potential. i.e. we are very intelligent, but we don't know that we are intelligent. Then, if we are wrong, then how can we contribute, how can we be productive. So, regulation of the ability to recognize. We can regulate our yogity which helps us to recognize how much we share with the body group and how much we share with the body group. We have so much capability. So, if we fulfill all these things, if someone does it, then the category will go. Subject well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, intergenerational dependence, and regulation of the ability to recognize one's intellectual and emotional potential. Then, WHO on mental. I will say that, why do I feel that I forgot to apply a dot. Sorry. WHO on mental. WHO works a lot. Anyway, due to the COVID, its health has also deteriorated during the pandemic but in general, it works. So, in 2001, it announced the year of mental health. In 2001, 20 years ago, it has been said that mental health is very important. Look, it is announced the year. So, the whole year is like that. All the countries, they work on it, they do it, because it is the need of the hour. So, in 2001, it was the need of the hour and now it has increased a lot due to COVID because we all are facing so much stress that our mental health has become disturbed now. Then, M-H-G-A-P. This is a very big program of WHO. What is its full form? Mental Health Global Action Program. When was the launch in 2008? It had four core strategies. It worked on how we can do better, how we can deal with it, how we can diagnose it. So, what were they? First of all, information for better decisions. What should we have first? We should have data, information. How many people are there, who have mental illness, how many disorders are there, which is the most important, which can be dealt with with a normal strategy. Before planning, we need raw data. So, we should have the right determination first. Then we will be able to take better decisions. Advocacy against stigma and discrimination, which is a crime, which is done, which is seen from this perspective, there is a need to run a campaign against it. No, it is not a crime. It is not just something they don't have, which you have God, then you should deal with them in that way. Then, integrated policy and service development. That is, we have to integrate someone with policy and service. That is, we will make a policy, but we will also give services in that way. Often, we are very strong on paper, but we fail as a service provider. So, we have to do integration of this. And then enhanced public health research capacity. In general, we have to enhance the capacity of public health research because health is dealing with mental health. Sorry. Then, this was the program of 2008. In that program, they took keywords. Advocacy, information, policy and research. These were the keywords underlying WHO's new global mental health program. They launched it, which aims at closing the gap between those who receive care and those who do not. Meaning, they wanted to reduce the gap that some people belong to Dhanath Deer, developed countries. We are able to provide services for mental health, mental illness, but developing countries who do not have the capacity to deal with physical health, how will they talk about mental health? So, to reduce the gap, they took these four keywords. Advocacy, information, policy and research. If you want to reduce these four, then things can be better. The components of mental health. It is also called the pillars of wellness. The components. Look, we all ourselves take our mental health for some time. We have some problems every day. Sometimes with a spouse, sometimes with children, sometimes with in-laws, we get stressed, but then we deal with ourselves. Because we know what is the way to deal with ourselves. Interpersonal therapy is a very good thing. Community. How is our community? People who sit in between, let it be, do they teach us in a positive mode, or do they take us towards destruction? No, no, no, now we have to take a toll for it. Then physical health. What is said, that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body. That is, if we are physically healthy, then our mental health will definitely be better. If we are physically ill, then we become mentally weak and we start thinking wrong. Intellectual health, no doubt. If we study well, if we think well, then our mental health will also be better. Environmental health. How is our environment? If we provide a healthy environment, then our mental health will be better. Then boundaries. It is a very important concept. What do you understand by boundaries here? Because we have to set our boundaries and have to know the art of saying no. If everyone brings their work to us and we keep telling them, yes, yes, yes, we will do this, yes, yes, yes, we will do this, yes, yes, we will do this, yes, we will not be able to do it, so we will have to set boundaries somewhere that yes, we will not do this. And this is not entirely wrong. It is a very good strategy to help your mental health. Not that you should do everything. Selfcare. It is said that you will take care of yourself and then you will be able to take care of others. If you are happy, you will be able to please others. A healthy person cannot share joy for that you need to be happy yourself. Positive psychology and mental health. I wanted to make a video on positive psychology and mental health, but I didn't get the time to do it. So, positive psychology is a very diverse concept and it appeals me a lot. And where did this come from? It came from humanistic psychology. Humanistic psychology provides self-importance, right? So, positive psychology, because we are here talking about mental health, we will just insert positive psychology into it. What is it? It is the advent of the science of happiness. Science of happiness is also a science of happiness. What we have talked about is positive psychology. A significant shift in the terms of mental health research and practice has been noticed. So, as much as mental health was going on, as much as work was going on, we got a new tilt that we can move ahead with the help of positive psychology. But most significant contribution of positive psychology in mental health, counselling and therapy, is the introduction of happiness as a treatment goal. It doesn't mean that we don't want to be sad. It means that we can be happy. By making happiness as a treatment goal and with the help of positive psychology, if we treat mental health and mentally ill people, it will be very good. Then, neuroscience of mental health. Look at the dimensions of this business. Neuroscience of mental health means that we now have research on which part of the brain is affected and which part of the brain is affected. This is the topic of so much research. And Stephen R. Pilisjki has written in his book, Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinicians. He explains in a better way. Leucidly explained by having the neurological basis of psychological disorders is a must for psychologists. That is to say, what should be known to the mental scientists? What are their neurological basis? As the schizophrenia disorder is known, it causes some cognitive functioning of the brain. If this is known, then we will be able to treat it better. We will take more people and save many people. Then, mindfulness and mental health. Mindfulness is again a recent buzzword in the field of psychology, positive psychology and in general. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to the present moment. That is to say, we do not have to worry about the future. What is going on, what we have got presently, to be happy in it. What do we do? We think that the future is going to be very good. At this time, there should be no consideration for that. Then, MBCT. What is MBCT? Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Look at the name, it is such a beautiful name. There is cognitive therapy, but it is mindfulness-based. It is recommended by the NIC, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for the prevention of relapse in recurrent depression. There is also a recurrent depression in depression. What are we recommending for that? MBCT, and we are not recommending it. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. This means that it is further from the beginning. And it is beneficial for both clinical and non-clinical populations. That is, the patients who are mentally ill, it is a very good strategy for those who are healthy. Then, Indian policies on mental health. What have we done? We have also done a lot of things, but in general, we are forced on paper. Government of India has launched... Oh, sorry, my keypad is still not working. It is not working. I forgot to put it here. This should come here. Government of India has launched National Mental Health Program, NMHP in 1982. See how long it has been launched. But you also know, and I also know, 6-7% in general are people who are mentally ill. In general, it is mentally disordered. This is a lot of data. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in October 2014, has launched National Mental Health Policy of India. See, all these policies are related to them. There is no awareness, there is no marketing. People do not know about them. Is this 2014 very old? It should have been discussed in 2014. It should have been talked about somewhere. It should have been published in the news, but it was not published in the media. National Mental Health Policy of India, has launched a team tagline, New Pathways, New Hope. This is very good on paper. It is very good. What are the values in it? With values and principles like equity, justice and integrated care. They have made a vision mission here. But how much is the cargo? Well, mental disorders. See, if we talk about mental health, we will have to take a little bit of mental disorder. So, what is it mainly? Anxiety disorder, mood disorder Anxiety disorder is the most common type of mental illness. And including phobia. We are afraid of it. We have a lot of phobia. Mood disorder. Mood disorder is mainly three types of major depression. We are in depression. Bipolar disorder. Sometimes we are very happy, sometimes we are very sad. And seasonal effective disorder, which is called SEDB. And Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder. Anxiety and mood disorder work a little bit. It does not create a lot of problems. We can feel it. A little bit of medication, yoga, meditation, etc. But Schizophrenia is a little bit of a problem. A serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. The people who are aggressive with it interpret the reality abnormally in different ways. And this is mainly of five types. But I have left it because they will start telling five types. So, your time will be killed. We will mainly read the disorder. How to promote it? How to increase mental health? Program targeted at vulnerable people. Those people who are aggressive with it, are vulnerable. They should be targeted for them. Mental health promotional activities in schools. We should be doing activities of mental health promotion in schools, schools, universities, and colleges. Mental health intervention is also a workplace. Because in the workplace, mental health is very common. So, it should be a workplace intervention. Violence prevention programs. So, it should be a program to stop violence. Anti-discrimination laws and campaigns as mentioned earlier. And promotion of the rights opportunities and care of individuals with mental disorders. Those who have mental disorders, for their promotion, for their needs, for their care, for their awareness, we should do promoting activities. Who can contribute to mental health? Who can contribute to mental health? Anyone can. Foundations, communities, individuals at their level. Media can play a big role, which doesn't. The role of mental health professionals is policy makers. You do this, make policies for them. That is, everyone can promote mental health at their level. And last but not the least, we have to conclude it in this way that concern for mental health is utmost important. It is very, very, very important. And become even more important in the present pandemic time. Why? Because when everyone is at risk due to various types of losses, personal, social, psychological, emotional or economical. We have dealt with losses. We have to do our mental health right now. We are at risk. We are in a vulnerable category. Everyone. It is very important to talk about mental health. And last but not least, thank you. I hope I will I was clear enough in understanding this concept of mental health to you all. Happy learning and stay mentally healthy.