GE CLST 80A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Systems Theory, Personal Development, Self-Actualization

• School: UCLA
• Department: General Education Clusters
• Course: GE CLST 80A
• Professor: Paul Hsu,

Document Summary

Mental well being and how it may change over the life course. Bio, social, psychological factors that play role. Definition of being mentally healthy and unhealthy. How everything put together affect our life in life course. Mental health in individuals affected by factors at higher levels of operation in group. How individual mental health affects the society. State of complete physical, mental, and social well being. Not merely absence of disease or infirmity. Recognition that health is more than just physical well being. Physical, mental, and social well being all equally important. State of well being in which each individual. Can cope with normal stresses of life. Able to make contribution to her or his community. Doesn"t simply define as absence of mental disease. Emphasizes importance to the ability to meet individual, social, and work goals and. Psychological well being is more than just the absence of a mental disorder.