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Mental Health

Submitted by ysilverman on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 10:55am.

A mentally healthy person should be able to perform tasks necessary for sustaining life (be they hygeienic, health-related, social, etc.) without posing a danger to his or her self, or to others. One should be able to derive *some* pleasure from even the banalities of life, and should have self-sustainable mechanisms in place for dealing with challenges and disturbances that arise as a byproduct of the human condition. 

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