The Importance Of Mental Hygiene

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7. James Drever 's View : "Mental hygiene is the investigation of laws of mental health and the taking or advocacy of measures for its prevention."
8. Boring 's View : The aim of mental hygiene is to aid people to a chive more satisfying and prove productive life through the prevention."
9. View of Crow and Crow : Mental hygiene is a science that deals with human welfare and pervades all fields of human relationship." In the light of above definitions it can be concluded that :
(1) Mental hygiene is the Science and art of preserving and maximizing mental health.
(2) It stands for wholesome, stable and balanced personality.
(3) An individuals who is balanced physically, mentally, emotionally and socially is known as normal man and is said …show more content…

Intellectual health: Intellectual health is another important element of mental hygiene Intellectual persons can adjust well to the changing and frustrating Thus good intelligence keep the mental hygiene of there child good So parent and teachers should provide opportunities for the development of various intellectual abilities
3. Emotional health: For mental health emotional health is very emotional An emotionally stable child enjoys a good mental hygienic and emotional unstable condition away from unhealthy emotional and feeling of anger fear hatred disgust jealousy etc On the other hand they should provide health atmosphere were emotions can be sublimated for useful purposes
4. Intellectual and aptitudes: It is essential that thaw children should be health in their interests and inclinations The work assigned to children should be according to their interests and aptitudes so that to student is about their heads or not according to their interests and aptitudes then they will lack occupations and hence suffer from frustration which leads to bad mental hygiene In the selection of occupations and vocations and vocation interests of person should be kept in mind.
5. Environment: For good mental hygiene it is essential to have good environed Bad mental hygiene In the selection of occupations and vocation Intersperses of person should be keep on …show more content…

Continuous adjusting rather than a static condition and is, therefore a progressive goal.
2. Physical mental and emotional phases of adjective behaviour as well as habits of work and attitudes towards situations and obstacles.
3. A point of view one takes of all phases of living.
4. A social phase, that is socially considerable behaviour, satisfaction with the social other and contributions to society.
5. A process of optimum functioning and maximum realization. Mental hygiene aims at developing self understanding within the individual. It also makes an effort to use the individual 's potentialities for his good mental health. Mental hygiene in education provides conditions for achieving good mental health.
Dimension of mental hygiene (Mental Heath) Concept of mental hygiene can also be studied in the light of dimensions of mental hygiene.
1. Attitudes towards self:- It relates to self acceptance and self evaluation particularly in regard to the weak points as well as his strong points.
2. Perception of reality:- It refers to the ability of person to have a realistic view of himself and his social and cultural environment. It involves his being attentive to and concerned with the welfare of

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