Foreign scholars have discussed the standards of mental health. For example, ingrid thinks: "Mental health refers to a continuous mental state, in which the parties can adapt well and have the vitality of life, and can fully develop their physical and mental potential; This is a positive enrichment. Not just mental illness. "Mai Linger believes:" Mental health refers to people's most efficient and pleasant adaptation to the environment and each other. Not only to be efficient, but also to be satisfied, or to accept the norms of life happily, but to have both. A mentally healthy person should be able to keep calm mood, keen intelligence, behavior suitable for social environment and pleasant temperament. "Masler believes that a mentally healthy person should have the following qualities: (1) having an efficient perception of reality; (2) Have spontaneous but not vulgar thoughts; (3) Being able to accept yourself and others; (4) Be independent in the environment and enjoy peace. (5) attaching importance to philosophy and moral theory; (6) Interested in ordinary things, even in daily work; (7) Being able to establish deep feelings with a few people and having the spirit of helping others; (8) Have a democratic attitude, creative ideas and a sense of humor; (9) Can experience joy and hurt.
We believe that people's mental health includes the following seven aspects: normal intelligence, emotional health, sound will, coordinated behavior, adaptability to interpersonal relationships, moderate response, and psychological characteristics adapted to age.
Understanding and mastering the definition of mental health is of great significance for strengthening and maintaining people's health. People have mastered people's health standards and made self-diagnosis of mental health on this basis. If you find that one or several aspects of your mental state are far from the standard of mental health, you should strengthen psychological exercise in a targeted way to reach the level of mental health. If you find that your mental state seriously deviates from the mental health standards, you should seek medical advice in time, and make early diagnosis and treatment.
Now the standard definition of mental health is as follows:
First, it has enough adaptability;
Second, you can fully understand yourself and make a moderate evaluation of your ability;
Third, the reality of life goals;
Fourth, not divorced from the real environment;
Five, can maintain the integrity and harmony of personality;
6. Be good at learning from experience;
Seven, can maintain good interpersonal relationships;
Eight, can moderately vent emotions and control emotions;
Nine, under the premise of not violating the collective interests, can play a limited role of personality;
Ten, under the premise of not violating social norms, can properly meet the basic needs of individuals.
Mental health includes
Normal intelligence
Normal intelligence is the most basic psychological condition of normal life and the primary standard of mental health. The international classification system of diseases proposed by the World Health Organization (who) regards mental retardation or retardation as a psychological disorder and abnormal behavior.
Good at coordinating and controlling emotions, in a good mood.
People with mental health can always maintain a happy, cheerful, confident and satisfied mood, be good at finding fun from life and be full of hope for life. More importantly, good emotional stability.
Have a strong will quality.
A healthy will has the following characteristics: clear and reasonable purpose and high consciousness; Good at analyzing the situation and being decisive; Strong will, perseverance and strong psychological endurance; Good self-control, not only has the firmness of realistic goals, but also can restrain the desire, motivation, emotion and behavior that interfere with the realization of goals, and does not indulge willfulness.
Harmonious interpersonal relationship
Its performance: first, it is willing to communicate with people, with stable and extensive interpersonal relationships and bosom friends; Second, maintain an independent and complete personality in communication, have self-knowledge and be neither humble nor supercilious; Third, we can objectively evaluate others, make up for our own shortcomings with people's strengths, be lenient with others, live in harmony and be helpful; Fourth, there are more positive attitudes than negative attitudes in communication.
Actively adapt to and transform the environment, and maintain the integrity and health of personality.
The ultimate goal of mental health is to maintain the integrity of personality and cultivate a sound personality. The main signs of personality integrity and health are:
① There are no obvious defects and deviations in the structural elements of personality;
(two) have a clear sense of self, and do not produce confusion of self-identity;
③ Take a positive outlook on life as the core of personality and use it to effectively control your behavior;
④ It has relatively complete and unified psychological characteristics.
Psychological behavior conforms to age characteristics.
A person's psychological behavior often seriously deviates from his age characteristics, which is generally a manifestation of mental unhealthy.