Us Many people, when they hear the term mental health think first of mental illness. But, mental health is far more then merely the absence of mental illness.
Mental health has to do with everybody's everyday life.
It means the over all way that people get along in their families, at school, on the job, at play, with their associates and in their communities. There is no line that neatly divides the mentally healthy from the unhealthy. Mental health and illness are complex, confusing issues. Even the everyday stress that each of us sometimes faces can be frightening and difficult to talk about. Research shows that one in five Americans suffers from some form of mental or emotional illness.