① Mental health refers to mental health. When individuals are in this state, they are not only in good self-condition, but also in harmony with society.
② Mental health refers to the principles and measures to maintain mental health and reduce behavioral problems and mental illness. Mental health takes different measures according to the physiological and psychological characteristics of different age groups and the social environment characteristics of individuals.
Mental health has a long history, and there are rich theories and practices in the East and the West from ancient times to the present. 1908 The book "A Mind to Discover Yourself" published by American Bill is the beginning of modern mental health research. China Mental Health Association was founded by Ding Zan, Xiao Xiaorong and others on 1935, and has done some work in mental health and children's guidance. The content of TCM mental health is very rich. Huangdi Neijing has been systematically discussed, but later generations have developed. What is particularly commendable is that the way of nourishing the heart and adjusting the mind has been practiced by the public and has become an important method of "preventing diseases".
3 Mental Health Organization1908 In March, American G.W. Bierce published his masterpiece A Lost and Recovered Heart. This book has attracted the attention of public opinion. With the support and encouragement of all parties, Bierce established the world's first mental health association in Connecticut in May of the same year to promote his planned mental health campaign.
1909, the National Mental Health Council of the United States was established. 19 17 published the quarterly journal Mental Health, which publicized the common sense of mental health and had a great influence. In the following 20 years, Canada, France, Belgium, Britain, Brazil, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Italy and other countries set up mental health organizations one after another, and held the first international mental health conference in Washington in May 1930, representing 3042 people from 53 countries including China. At the meeting, a permanent international mental health committee was established with the aim of "engaging in charity, science, literature and education activities". In particular, it is about maintaining the mental health of people all over the world, promoting the research, treatment and prevention of mental diseases and psychological defects, and improving the happiness of all mankind. "
China Mental Health Association 1936 was established in Nanjing in April, but its work was forced to stop due to the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression the following year. In September, 1985, the inaugural meeting was held again, and several cities established provincial and municipal mental health associations. Mental health was originally a social "movement", which gradually attracted people's general attention. The rise of this movement has promoted the face change of mental hospitals. The mental health movement has put the problem of mental patients returning to society on the agenda. Not only arouse the interest and concern of psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, sociologists, judges, lawyers and other experts and scholars; At the same time, it has also attracted the attention of health, education, public security, civil affairs and other functional departments, social groups and charitable organizations.