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Lifehasitsjoysandsorrows.Onceinawhilewemaybedrawnintosomeemotionalconflicts.Inthefaceofroughtimes,arewegoingtodulyresolvetheconflictsandgoaheadorarewegoingtobehopelesslyoverwhelmedandlosedirectionthereafter?

Havingtherightattitudeisagoodanswertoroughtimes.Everyoneisthearchitectofhisownfuture.Thearticlesinthisunithelpusdevelopabetterunderstandingofanimportantsideofourlife:

psychologicalhealth.Beforeyoustartreading,discussthefollowingquestionsinagroup.

Whatkindofpersondoyouthinkyouare?

Areyoubasicallyanoptimistorapessimist?

Howmuchdoyouapproveofyourownbehavior?

What,inyouropinion,isemotionalhealth?

Whatarethebasicqualitiesdemonstratedbyemotionallyhealthypeopleinourculture?

Howdoyoucopewithanxietyandanger?

Howwelldoyouacceptyourvulnerabilityandconvinceyourselfthatyoucansurviveandgrowinspiteofloss?

Arethereconnectionsbetweenpersonalityandabilitytocopewithstress?

Explain.

Ifyouarenotabletowork,study,orpursuepersonalactivitiesproductivelyandhappily,willyoutakemeasurestomakechanges?

SectionTwo:

In-reading

ReadingOne

Let’sstartbyreadinganarticlethatstatestheimportanceofgoodemotionalhealthandtheimportanceofseekingprofessionalhelptofosterbalancedemotionalhealthinlife.

HowtoAchieveGoodMentalHealth

MostAmericansbelievethatgoodemotionalhealthisjustasimportantasgoodphysicalhealth.Infact,inasurveyconductedin1996,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociation（APA）foundthat84percentofAmericansfeelpsychologicalhealthisimportantforoverallgoodhealth.

Thesurveyalsofoundsomedisturbingnews–47percentofAmericansdon'

tknowwhenit'

sappropriatetoseeamentalhealthprofessionaland68percentdon'

tknowhowtofindamentalhealthprofessionaltohelpthem.

Peoplemayneedprofessionalhelptomaintaingoodpsychologicalhealthinmuchthesamewaythatyouneedadentisttoexamineatoothache,aphysiciantosetabrokenbone,andalawyertoanswerlegalquestions.

"

Oneofthewaystoachievegoodmentalhealthistotalktopeopleyoutrustaboutwhat'

sbotheringyou,"

saidDorothyCantor,Psy.D.,formerpresidentoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation."

Trynottoturnabaddayintoamajorcatastrophe–weallhavebaddaysonceinawhile.But,iftimepassesandyou'

restillfeelingoverwhelmedbyproblemsinyourlife,evenafteryouhavetalkedtopeoplewhoyoulove,admireandtrust,thenperhapsit'

stimetotalktoamentalhealthprofessional."

Whenyouhaveaquestionaboutyouremotionalhealth,psychologistscanbeagreatresource.Psychologistshavethenecessarybackgroundandeducationtohelpyouresolveyourproblemsandhelpyoufindsolutionsyoumaynothaveknownexisted.

Aftergraduationfromcollege,psychologistsspendanaverageofsevenyearsingraduateeducationtrainingandresearchbeforereceivingadoctoraldegree.Aspartoftheirprofessionaltraining,theymustcompleteasupervisedclinicalinternshipinahospitalororganizedhealthsettingandatleastoneyearofpost-doctoralsupervisedexperiencebeforetheycanpracticeindependentlyinanyhealthcarearena.

AccordingtoDr.Cantor,learningtotalkaboutyourproblemsandconcernsisanimportantpartoftakinggoodcareofyourselfandmaintaininggoodpsychologicalhealth.

Whenyouhavegoodemotionalhealth,you'

reabletoexperiencefeelings,sharethemappropriatelyandnotbeoverwhelmedbythem.Thatdoesn'

tmeanyoucanneverbeangryorsad.Itmeansfindingabalanceandexpressingyourfeelingsappropriately,"

saidDr.Cantor.

Goodpsychologicalhealthmeanshavingthementalenergytofunctionwellathome,atworkandatplay."

Itmeansbeingabletoeat,sleepandrelaxwithoutfeelinganxious,depressedorworried,"

shesaid.

Howtomaintaingoodmentalhealth

Inadditiontotakingcareofyourlovedonesandyourcareer,itisimportantthatyoutakecareofyourself."

Findtimetodothingsyouenjoy–thingsthatyou'

repassionateabout.Spendtimeexercisingandeatingwell,"

suggestedDr.Cantor.

Shewarnsthatwhenyouputyourselflastontheprioritylist,you'

renotgoingtobeabletomaintaingoodpsychologicalhealth."

Insomeinstances,womenputthemselveslowontheprioritylistanddon'

ttakecareofthemselves.Theybecomemoreconcernedwithtakingcareofeveryoneelseandtheymayforgetaboutthemselves.Men,ontheotherhand,haveatendencytoignoresignalsthatsomethingisdistressingthemandtypicallywon'

ttalkabouttheirproblems.”

Goodpsychologicalhealthvs.goodphysicalhealth

Psychologicalhealthaffectsphysicalhealth."

We'

vebeentoldforsolongtogetphysicalcheckups,buttakingcareofouremotionalwellbeinghasbeensorelyoverlooked,"

shesaid."

Weare'

whole'

people–wholeinthesensethatourmindsandbodiesareconnected.Ifweonlytakecareofourphysicalwell-beingandnotouremotionalwell-being,itcouldcomebacktohauntus."

Whenwe'

redoingthethingsthatenableustohavegoodemotionalhealth,we'

refarmorelikelytomaintainboththelevelofphysicalandemotionalhealthweneed.Wefeelenergeticandmoreproductiveathomeandatwork,"

（retrievedfromhttp:

//helping.apa.org/daily/goodmh.html）

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WordsinFocus

conduct（v.）

Whenyouconductanactivityortask,youorganizeitandcarryitout.

psychological（adj.）

Psychologicalqualities,effects,etc.concernaperson’smindandthoughtsratherthan,forexample,theirbodyorthesocialoreconomicaspectsoftheirlife.

association（n.）

Anassociationisagroupofpeoplewhohavejoinedtogetherbecausetheyhaveacommonoccupation,aim,orinterest.

overall（adj.）

Overallisusedtodescribeasituationingeneral,includingeverythingbutnotconsideringthedetails.

catastrophe（n.）

Acatastropheisanextremelybadthingthathappenstoyou,whichyoucandonothingtoavoid.

overwhelm（v.）

Ifsomethingoverwhelmsyou,itmakesyoufeelcompletelyhelpless,astonished,orembarrassed.

supervise（v.）

Ifyousupervisesomeone,youensurethattheybehavecorrectlyorthattheydoataskproperly.

clinical（adj.）

Clinicalwork,teaching,etc.relatestothedirectmedicalobservationandtreatmentofpatientsratherthantotheoreticalresearch.

internship（n.）

Aninternissomeonewhohascompletedorisabouttocompletetheirstudiesasamedicalstudentandwhoisbeingtrainedasadoctorinahospitalundersupervision.Onecanalsobeaninternincertainnon-medicalfields.Aninternshipisthepositionheldbyanintern,ortheperiodoftimewhensomeoneisanintern.

arena（n.）

Aparticulararenaisthecentreofactivityorofattentioninaparticularsituationorcontext,especiallyonewherealotofargumenttakesplace.

priority（n.）

Somethingthatisaprioritymustbedone,dealtwith,orprovidedassoonaspossible.

tendency（n.）

Atendencyisapartofyourcharacterthatmakesyoubehaveinaparticularway.Ifyouhaveatendencytobeshy,thismeansthatyouareusuallynaturallyshy,unlessyoudosomethingtochangeyourbehavior.

haunt（v.）

Ifsomethingunpleasanthauntsyou,youkeepthinkingaboutitoveralongperiodof

time.

CheckyourComprehension

Answerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationfromthetext.

Whattrainingdoesapsychologistneedtoreceivebeforeshe/hecanpracticeindependentlyinthehealthcarearena?

Whyisgoodpsychologicalhealthimportantaccordingtothisarticle?

WhatdomostAmericansdowhentheyneedhelptocopewithmentalconflicts?

WhatdoesDr.Cantorsuggestpeopleshoulddotomaintaingoodmentalhealth?

Whataretheconnectionsbetweenpsychologicalhealthandphysicalhealth?

Whataretheproblemsformenandwomenrespectivelyregardingtheirpsychologicalhealthtendencies?

CheckYourVocabulary

Thefollowingsentencescontainkeywordsandphrasesfromthepassage.Paraphrasethesentencesbelowwithaspecialfocusontheitalicizedpartstoshowthatyouunderstandtheirmeaning.

Whenyouhaveaquestionaboutyouremotionalhealth,psychologistscanbeagreatresource.（p.5）

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Itmeansfindingabalanceandexpressingyourfeelingsappropriately.（p.8）

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Insomeinstances,womenputthemselveslowontheprioritylistanddon’ttakecareofthemselves.（p.11）

We’vebeentoldforsolongtogetphysicalcheckups,buttakingcareofouremotionalwellbeinghasbeensorelyoverlooked.（p.12）

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