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Mental health nursing is a challenging and rewarding career path that involves providing care and support to individuals experiencing mental health problems. As a mental health nurse, you will work closely with patients and their families to help them manage their symptoms, recover from their illnesses, and improve their overall well-being. If you have a passion for helping others and are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare, becoming a mental health nurse may be the perfect path for you.

English: Mental Health Policy / Deutsch: Psychische Gesundheitspolitik / Español: Política de salud mental / Português: Política de saúde mental / Français: Politique de santé mentale / Italiano: Politica della salute mentale

In the psychology context, Mental Health Policy refers to the plans, laws, and regulations formulated by governments, organizations, and health systems to promote mental health, prevent mental health disorders, and ensure the provision of effective mental health services. These policies aim to address a wide range of issues including the accessibility of mental health care, the quality and safety of services, the rights of individuals with mental health conditions, and the allocation of resources for mental health research and treatment.

- Mental health services : Mental health services refers to various services provided to people of all ages, including counselling, psychiatric services, psychotherapy, support groups and crisis intervention. Issues addressed include anxiety, stress, depression, grief and severe mental illnesses.

Mental hospitalization means placing a person in a protected, therapeutic environment staffed by mental health professionals.

Mental hygiene movement refers to a movement to treat mental patients more humanely and to view mental disorders as medical diseases.

Mental illness is the term formerly used to mean psychological disorder but less preferred because it implies that the causes of the disorder can be found in a medical disease process.

Mental image is a form of representational thought that involves the ability to hold the picture of a person, object, or event in one's mind even in the absence of the stimulus itself.

Mental imagery refers to the internal representation of an external event.