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Mental Health and Well-Being: Societal Influences

Mental Health and Well-Being: Societal Influences

Jean Mockry, Melissa Martin, Alison Puliatte, Denise A. Simard, Maureen E. Squires
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781799885443|ISBN10: 1799885445|EISBN13: 9781799885993
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8544-3.ch002
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Mockry, Jean, et al. "Mental Health and Well-Being: Societal Influences." Research Anthology on Mental Health Stigma, Education, and Treatment, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 20-31. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8544-3.ch002

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Mockry, J., Martin, M., Puliatte, A., Simard, D. A., & Squires, M. E. (2021). Mental Health and Well-Being: Societal Influences. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Mental Health Stigma, Education, and Treatment (pp. 20-31). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8544-3.ch002

Chicago

Mockry, Jean, et al. "Mental Health and Well-Being: Societal Influences." In Research Anthology on Mental Health Stigma, Education, and Treatment, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 20-31. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8544-3.ch002

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors provide a brief overview of the distinction between flourishing and non-flourishing mental health and well-being for people not diagnosed with a clinical mental disorder. While recognizing that genetics and personality impact the well-being of people, research supports the profound impact of societal constructs in American life. As part of a team of faculty who work with undergraduate students in Teacher Education, the authors feel this distinction is essential to understand as medical issues require diagnostics by people trained in that area. The book's focus is to examine what the college community can do to promote flourishing mental health in its social construction in classrooms, on campus and beyond. Dominant influences for non-flourishing mental health and well-being for college students rest in ideologies, happiness seeking and digitalization within American life, membership in groups that are underrepresented and well-intentioned but enabling parenting that ill prepares children for adult responses in life.

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