Deviation from ideal mental health

• Deviation from ideal mental health

  Not meeting criteria which suggest you are mentally healthy
• Ideal mental health criteria:

  • High self-esteem: Having self-respect and a positive self-concept.
  • Autonomy: Being independent, self-reliant, and able to make personal decisions.
  • Resistance to stress: Having effective coping strategies and being able to cope with everyday anxiety-provoking situations.
  • Accurate perception of reality: Having an objective and realistic view of the world.
  • Growth or self-actualization: Experiencing personal growth and becoming everything one is capable of becoming.

  
• Ideal mental health evaluation:

  + comprehensive definition: covers all reasons someone may seek help

  - culture bias: western bias, cannot be applied to other cultures

  - standards are too high: very unlikely for someone to achieve all aspects of the categories so it would label normal people as abnormal