Good mental health is an important component of healthful living. Good mental health includes "the capacity to live a full and creative life and the flexibility to deal with life's inevitable challenges."
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U. S. Surgeon General has described mental health and mental illness as two end points on a continuum. Mental health affects everything in our daily life, including how we act, learn, work, communicate, relate with others, and feel about ourselves.
Keys to maintaining good mental health include:
- managing stress
- maintaining positive self esteem
- developing coping skills
- reducing social isolation