Symptoms of poor mental disorder
Adolescence Psychiatrist of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Galle shared his views on how good mental health helps thrive in society while shedding more light on how to identify the signs of poor mental health that could deteriorate one’s quality of life.
While acknowledging the importance of mental health, Dr. Attygalle went on to explain that mental health should be recognised not only as the absence of mental health disorders as we understand them currently, but also as something that help us lead lives that are worthwhile. Noting that the WHO also recognises this in their definition, he further explained that mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. So, in a sense it is not jut merely survival that reflects good mental health but being able to thrive is also part of it.
Thus, good mental health is in essence a product of ourselves and our environment interacting with each other. As such it is also something that is always changing. So, rather than thinking of it as sound mental health and the opposite, it would be more useful to think of it being on a spectrum, the same as physical health , where you are in peak condition and there is gradient towards ill health.
While there are many mental health disorders, in adults the more common ones would be Depression, Generalised anxiety disorder, Panic disorder, Obsessive compulsive disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia.
“In Children Anxiety Disorders, Conduct disorders( behavioural problems) , Attention