MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS PART FIVE: MENTAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE
Chapter 23 MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS PART FIVE: MENTAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE Ø Mental Health in Schools. Ø Helping Maladjusted Children. The Chapter at a Glance The mentally healthy child. Mental health and school education. Symptoms and causes of maladjustment. Causes specific to school environment. Multiple causation of maladjustment. Mental health refers to that condition of an individual which results from the normal organization and functioning of his mind. A mentally healthy person is mentally at ease. Conversely, a mentally unhealthy person is not at ease mentally. He is rather mentally diseased. Mental hygiene is the science which lays down principles, methods and techniques for the promotion of mental health. It performs two functions:— (1) The prevention of mental disease, and (2) The treatment of mental disease. The Mentally Healthy Child A mentally healthy child is one who is adjust