Complete 11 page APA formatted essay: MENTAL HEALTH( Anorexia Nervosa).Download file to see previous pages… Of critical importance here are the conscious and unconscious levels. Substantial amounts

Complete 11 page APA formatted essay: MENTAL HEALTH( Anorexia Nervosa).
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Of critical importance here are the conscious and unconscious levels. Substantial amounts of mental activity that occur beyond our awareness are believed to determine much of our behaviour. Human development is important in this respect since a person’s early experiences can produce a particular gestalt or view of the person and their world, which they will take with them into adult life. This gestalt will include mental tricks and mechanisms to protect the person’s sense of self. This is what is called mental health or mental well being, and when problems arise in this gestalt that human being necessarily clings to, is at odds with the real circumstances, finds as adults, it gives rise to mental illness. The behavioural model of mental health on the other hand has a scientific basis in Learning Theory. Symptoms are considered to be learned habits arising from the interaction between external events or stressors and an individual’s personality. Persistent, distressing symptoms are considered maladaptive responses rather than being markers for some underlying disease or illness. Mental disorders represent shades in the spectrum of human experience, which comprise a subjective and objective sense of self and a subjective and objective sense of community. …