What is mental health?
Mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It also affects our everyday life, such as work, relationships and study.
Looking after our social and emotional wellbeing is as important as keeping our body healthy. When we're feeling emotionally healthy we can be fully present with our family, friends and community.
Mental health is more than just talking about mental health conditions, like anxiety or depression.
Research shows that good mental health is linked to:
improved learning
creativity
higher levels of productivity
better social relationships
good physical health
increased life expectancy.
The mental health continuum
It can be hard to talk about mental health. Maybe your family and friends feel uncomfortable talking about it. Maybe you don't know where to start or how it relates to you.
We've developed the mental health continuum to help you talk about social and emotional wellbeing. It will give you the words to describe how you're feeling, and to ask how others are feeling. It can also help you decide what steps to take to look after your mental health right now.
