By definition: It is the successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people
It is the ability to adapt to change and cope with adversity;
from early childhood until late life
Mental health is the springboard of thinking and communications skills,
learning, emotional growth, resilience and self-esteem

Guess What ??????? Nearly two-thirds of all people with diagnosable mental disorders DO NOT seek treatment !!!!!!!!!!!!!..
In Today's life we are all under stress
There is NO stressless Life .............

Disorders: There is a long list of Disorders as we will mention later on but More Important is to understand How can we Prevent it Or if late , How can we raise our tolerance and finally How overcome ?.

Mental Health as physical health will be better or not under 3 main factors: 1. Stressor ( Quantity and quality of stressors ) will effect us
2. Time , The more we are exposed to stress , the more we are vulnerable
3. Personal Factors In many situation we can't mange the first 2 factors but we can mange to a great extent the 3rd factor ( Personal )
We can raise our tolerance either artificially by drugs or naturally by several techniques as:

1. Coping with stress
2. Coping with Time
3. Relaxation exercise
4. Psychotherapy
5. Hypnotherapy

Disorders: It does not matter what is the name of disorder More important is to know that we have a problem ; need help & willing to solve
There is different classificatios and long list of names for disorders as :
Anxiety Disorders

• Acute Stress Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder
• Social Phobia
• Specific Phobia (formerly Simple Phobia)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Childhood Disorders

• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Asperger's Disorder
• Autistic Disorder
• Conduct Disorder
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Tourette's Disorder

Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa

Mood Disorders

• Major Depressive Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)
• Cyclothymic Disorder
• Dysthymic Disorder

Cognitive Disorders (Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic Disorders)

• Delirium
• Multi-Infarct Dementia
• Dementia Associated With Alcoholism
• Dementia of the Alzheimer Type
• Dementia

Personality Disorders

• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders

• Schizophrenia
• Delusional Disorder
• Brief Psychotic Disorder
• Schizophreniform Disorder
• Schizoaffective Disorder
• Shared Psychotic Disorder

Substance-Related Disorders

• Alcohol Dependence
• Amphetamine Dependence
• Cannabis Dependence
• Cocaine Dependence
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Inhalant Dependence
• Nicotine Dependence
• Opioid Dependence
• Phencyclidine Dependence
• Sedative Dependence