What is Mental Health?
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Mark Winteringham
Tester, Toolsmith, Author and Instructor
Gem Hill
Talk Description
Gem Hill and Mark Winteringham break down mental health. Learn about different mental health problems, why awareness matters and how they can affect us.
Mark Winteringham
Tester, Toolsmith, Author and Instructor
Mark Winteringham is a tester, toolsmith and author of AI-Assisted Testing and Testing Web APIs, with over ten years of experience providing testing expertise on award-winning projects across a wide range of technology sectors, including BBC, Barclays, UK Government and Thomson Reuters.
He is an advocate for modern risk-based testing practices and trains teams in Automation, Behaviour Driven Development and Exploratory testing techniques. He is also the co-founder of Ministry of Testing Essentials a community raising awareness of careers in testing and improving testing education.
You can find him on Twitter @2bittester or at mwtestconsultancy.co.uk
Gem Hill
Hi, I'm Gem. I'm a ex-tester (though always a tester in my heart), and founder of SelfCare Backpack. I help people, especially those in tech, with their self care and mental health. I'm a trainee therapist, and offer talks and workshops all around building up a little toolbox (or backpack) or self care for when you need it.
00:00:05,920: Hi, Gem. So what is mental health? Hi, Mark. Typically,
00:00:09,865: when discussing mental health,
00:00:11,385: it refers to an individual's psychological and emotional well-being.
00:00:15,065: This differs from mental illness,
00:00:16,585: which is focused on conditions that can affect our mental lobbying.
00:00:20,170: The conditions that affect mental health have a scale of
00:00:22,890: severity and symptoms,
00:00:24,250: but they can be treated and managed when identified.
00:00:26,915: Awareness of the mental health of yourself and others is
00:00:29,395: important in managing your own health and supporting others. Cool.
00:00:33,075: Have you got any examples? Sure.
00:00:35,080: Mental health problems include stress, anxiety, and depression.
00:00:38,760: Other examples of mental health problems are things like
00:00:41,320: bipolar disorders,
00:00:42,575: It's a friendlier and post traumatic stress disorder.
00:00:45,455: And why should we be aware of our mental health?
00:00:48,095: Raising awareness of mental health can help people
00:00:50,255: recognize personal mental health problems as well as
00:00:52,730: mental health problems within others.
00:00:54,890: Awareness also very encrypts us to support others.
00:00:58,010: Sometimes it can feel like you can't talk about your mental
00:01:00,250: health because of feelings like stigma around having mental ill health,
00:01:04,105: and raising awareness helps to change the stigma around mental ill health.
00:01:08,185: So how can mental health problems affect us?
00:01:11,030: Mental health problems can affect various aspects of daily
00:01:13,590: life with symptoms such as difficulty with concentration
00:01:16,230: or sleeping, avoiding contact with others,
00:01:18,785: loss of self confidence or self esteem just to name a few.
00:01:22,145: But ultimately, as mental health dot org dot u k states,
00:01:25,665: certain symptoms are common in specific mental health problems.
00:01:28,850: But noted people behave in exactly the same way when they are and well.
00:01:32,450: Okay. So now we know about mental health.
00:00:09,865: when discussing mental health,
00:00:11,385: it refers to an individual's psychological and emotional well-being.
00:00:15,065: This differs from mental illness,
00:00:16,585: which is focused on conditions that can affect our mental lobbying.
00:00:20,170: The conditions that affect mental health have a scale of
00:00:22,890: severity and symptoms,
00:00:24,250: but they can be treated and managed when identified.
00:00:26,915: Awareness of the mental health of yourself and others is
00:00:29,395: important in managing your own health and supporting others. Cool.
00:00:33,075: Have you got any examples? Sure.
00:00:35,080: Mental health problems include stress, anxiety, and depression.
00:00:38,760: Other examples of mental health problems are things like
00:00:41,320: bipolar disorders,
00:00:42,575: It's a friendlier and post traumatic stress disorder.
00:00:45,455: And why should we be aware of our mental health?
00:00:48,095: Raising awareness of mental health can help people
00:00:50,255: recognize personal mental health problems as well as
00:00:52,730: mental health problems within others.
00:00:54,890: Awareness also very encrypts us to support others.
00:00:58,010: Sometimes it can feel like you can't talk about your mental
00:01:00,250: health because of feelings like stigma around having mental ill health,
00:01:04,105: and raising awareness helps to change the stigma around mental ill health.
00:01:08,185: So how can mental health problems affect us?
00:01:11,030: Mental health problems can affect various aspects of daily
00:01:13,590: life with symptoms such as difficulty with concentration
00:01:16,230: or sleeping, avoiding contact with others,
00:01:18,785: loss of self confidence or self esteem just to name a few.
00:01:22,145: But ultimately, as mental health dot org dot u k states,
00:01:25,665: certain symptoms are common in specific mental health problems.
00:01:28,850: But noted people behave in exactly the same way when they are and well.
00:01:32,450: Okay. So now we know about mental health.
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