A new website allows you to take care of your mental health

Mental health is not limited to the absence of a mental disorder. It's the mental state you're in at some point. During the same day, or at different periods of your life, you may feel more or less well depending on the situations you are experiencing:

• positive situations (activities that you enjoy and help you to take a step back, meetings that make you feel good, a pleasant time spent with a loved one or a colleague, etc.);
• everyday “hassles” (a transportation problem, work discomfort, a dispute at home, etc.);
• more significant events (bereavement, job loss, housing problems, etc.).

The World Health Organization emphasizes that there is no health without mental health. A national website dedicated to this subject has just been set up by Santé publique France: sanitementale-info-service.fr. In particular, it states that “being mentally healthy means being in a state of equilibrium that allows you to face the difficulties of everyday life”.

In particular, you can find it on the website sanitementale-info-service.fr :

• of tips to take care of your mental health, with some lifestyle habits that can be adopted on a daily basis;
• a list of signs that may indicate a mental health problem, and how to react when these signs are observed;
• the different types of aid that can be applied for (psychologist, psychoanalyst, self-help associations, helplines, etc.).

The content is presented in various formats, including:

• quizzes to assess your knowledge of mental health (questions on the links between diet and mental health, the positive effects of exposure to daylight, the practice of relaxation techniques, etc.);
• Videos of health professionals unraveling the truth from falsehood about mental health;
• practical exercises, such as keeping a journal to allow you to better understand your sleep by noting, among other things, your bedtime and waking times as well as observations on the course of your day and evening (physical activities, use of screens, diet, etc.);
• one sound recording of muscle relaxation.