Title: The Characteristics of Mental Health
Headings: The Characteristics of Mental Health
The Characteristics of Mental Health
What Is Mental Health?
Characteristics
Life Satisfaction
Resilience
Support
Flexibility
Challenges to Mental Health
How to Stay Mentally Healthy
A Word From Verywell

Content: It has been linked to problems with both physical and mental health including cardiovascular disease, depression, memory problems, drug misuse, alcoholism, and altered brain function. 4 ﻿
Decreases in social support caused by life changes such as going to college, facing social adversity, changing jobs, or getting divorced can have a negative impact on mental health. Fortunately, research suggests that it is not necessarily the number of supportive connections you have that it is the most important; it is the quality of these relationships that matters. 5 ﻿
Flexibility
Having rigid expectations can sometimes create added stress. Emotional flexibility may be just as important as cognitive flexibility. Mentally healthy people experience a range of emotions and allow themselves to express these feelings. Some people shut off certain feelings, finding them to be unacceptable. Lack of psychological flexibility has been linked to some types of psychopathology, while research suggests that increase flexibility is connected to better life balance and improved resilience. 6 ﻿
Challenges to Mental Health
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) states that an estimated one in five U.S. adults experiences a mental health problem each year.