Welcome to Mental Health Guide
Mental Health Association Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
You may also listen to this article by using the following controls.
The Importance of Mental Health to Physical Health
from:Some people do not know that there is a link that ties mental health together with physical health. These links have been the focus of thorough research for many years and shows that the connection between mental health and physical health is indeed there. It has been noted in numerous studies that what affects the mind can translate to an effect in the body. This can also happen the other way around with ill physical health taking its toll on mental health.
A good example of how mental health can affect a person physically is the effects that stress can have on a person's body. Stress has been known to create numerous adverse physical health effects on those who suffer from excessive amounts of it. Too much stress can leave a person with such physical health problems like high blood pressure, ulcers, headaches, weight problems and a whole lot more. These effects can escalate into life threatening diseases like heart problems and such. This clearly shows that mental health and taking good care of it can help reduce the risk of a person getting ill or suffering from such physical conditions.
An example of how physical health can also affect a person's mental health is when a person finds out that he or she has a serious illness like cancer or is infected with HIV. These can cause a person to lapse into certain negative thoughts that can progress into anxiety problems and depression. There was a study that proved that mental health does have a bearing on physical health. It was found out through a study of some people who were suffering from cancer and who were able to ease their fears through talks and group therapy that they often lived longer than those people who kept these fears and thoughts on their illness to themselves. This shows that, if the stress that the knowledge of the illness brings to a person is slowly eased or if a person who is diagnosed with a serious physical health problem has a way to help ease the mental stress that comes with such knowledge, the person helps alleviate the other effects as well.
Taking care of mental health along with physical health and vice versa can actually help a person live a healthy life in both senses of the word. A healthy mind free of too much worry and stress can often show in the person's body and a healthy body can translate into a person being able to think clearly and have no cause to worry.
Mental Health Association News
La. health agency plans to tap into surplus - Forbes
 WWL | La. health agency plans to tap into surplus Forbes, NY - Jindal proposed the center as a way to relieve hospital emergency rooms of caring for mental health patients and to give police officers a place to bring ... Jindal: New dropout prevention program to begin in spring |
Higher Co-Payments a Bar for Seniors Needing Mental Health Care - New York Times
Higher Co-Payments a Bar for Seniors Needing Mental Health Care New York Times, United States - Beneficiaries who incurred the same out-of-pocket costs for mental health visits as for any other doctor visit were 10.9 percent more likely to get ... |
Grants support creation of Wayne County mental health court - DetNews.com
Grants support creation of Wayne County mental health court DetNews.com, MI - The court is a collaboration between Wayne Circuit Court and the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency. The administrative office of the ... Texas county designates felony mental health court St. Lucie Mental Health Court's sixth graduation Jan 13 |
Hiron family's candour unties cloak of secrecy - London Free Press
Hiron family's candour unties cloak of secrecy London Free Press, Canada - According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, one in five Canadians develop mental illness during their lifetime. Neither is it particularly uncommon ... |
'Rampage' Jackson accepts plea bargain in wild driving incident - Los Angeles Times
 Los Angeles Times | 'Rampage' Jackson accepts plea bargain in wild driving incident Los Angeles Times, CA - Mental health evaluations are part of deal. By Lance Pugmire Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, an Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts contender, ... Rampage pleads guilty, agrees to plea bargain UFC's Jackson reaches plea deal UFC fighter pleads guilty to evading police, crashing into cars |
Conejo Valley Mental Health Professionals Association to discuss ... - Thousand Oaks Acorn
Conejo Valley Mental Health Professionals Association to discuss ... Thousand Oaks Acorn, USA - The disorder will be the focus of the next lunchtime meeting of the Conejo Valley Mental Health Professionals Association, which will take place at noon ... |