The Importance of Mental Health in the Family

Many families have not realized the importance of mental health in the family. As we know, physical health can be done with personal hygiene and by eating nutritious foods. But how does his mental health in the family?

Mental health in the family is very important, especially in difficult times like today. Mentally unhealthy can be caused by depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia (multiple personality). The most dominant mental state usually affected because of depression.


To maintain physical and mental health in the family does not have to be difficult and expensive. By maintaining a balance both physically and mentally able to prevent the family from the attacks of various diseases and is able to balance the emotional state.

As we know, to maintain physical health is to eat nutritious foods. But many who do not understand how to maintain mental health.

To maintain the mental health needs of a balanced exercise of mindset. I.e. there is harmony and harmony between thoughts, feelings and behaviors caused. These three things should be run in harmony so can express their thoughts productively.

Keep the family's role in this respect the elderly and the environment, to maintain mental health. In the family is needed to be socialized to think and behave positively towards everything. Because physical health would be meaningless without mental health, as if mentally disturbed may cause physical conditions not walk up and aligned.

Parents should also be able to educate their children can learn to express what he felt his son. Although the expressions are like crying when hungry and laugh when happy is a natural thing, but parents should be able to direct it.

Cooperation between parents and children is needed in providing a positive direction and in accordance with the needs of children. Referrals done slowly but still with a purpose, so that children do not feel pressured.

Providing healthy food in the mental one is to read a positive reading can inspire. Thus able to create ideas that are also used to inspire others. There is a balance between inputs and outputs, for a person when he received helpful information; he also gave the same thing.

Environmental conditions also contribute to mental health. If the environment is damaged and does not endorse, then it will affect mental health. If there are good environmental conditions, then the mental health will also be good. So back to the role of parents in guiding their children in order not merely went along the damaged environment.

For mental health, is to think positive, consistent, and harmonious. With positive thinking, and harmony, one would be able to behave in healthy and able to manage and regulate emotional.

If a child is sick, parents are encouraged to attention not only to children who are sick. Sometimes it sucked to the attention of parents of sick children, so that the health and feeling healthy child neglect. This is what can affect the child mentally because they feel neglected and not be noticed.

To have and maintain mental health in the family, there needs to undergo an open attitude with good communication between children, parents and the environment, so it built up positive relationships and harmony.


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