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The 10 commandments for good mental health
Updated: Aug 24, 2020
Do you ever wonder if you are in sound mental health ?
Good mental health is more than merely the absence Of mental disorder.

It encompasses the following attributes :
• To be able to Place Trust in Others
• To be able to Give/Receive friendship/affection/love
• To be able to Form enduring emotional attachments
• To be able to Experience deep emotions
• To be able to Forgive self/others
• To Examine & consider change
• To be able to Learn from experience
• To Tolerate uncertainty & take risks
• To Engage in reverie/fantasy
• To Obtain Self sufficiency/esteem/worth

Source : Oxford handbook of psychiatry- first indian edition-2005
Contributed by : Dr Lakshman
Consultant Psychiatrist