Mental Health on a Continuum
A part of safeguarding our health and resilience is to take an active role in regularly monitoring our mental well-being. Mental Health Continuum Model (MHCM) * is a simple and easy-to-use tool to assist you in doing this.
Take a moment to explore the recently revised version of the Mental Health Continuum below.
Remember, monitoring your mental health on a regular basis is an important step. However, should you notice deterioration, you can refer to other sections of this website, such as Understanding Stress, Self-Care and Individual Resilience, to assist you.
Self-Monitoring
Self-monitoring is a term used by the R2MR program to describe the ongoing, active awareness and reflection on one’s mental health and well-being in order to recognize signs of change and take appropriate actions to maintain, or return to, a positive state of well-being.
While the mental health continuum is seen as a useful tool to assist you with self-monitoring, it can be difficult to accurately place yourself along this continuum.
Click through the e-learning below to learn some strategies to improve your ability to monitor your health and well-being.
Signs of Change
Recognizing the signs of change in mental health and well-being is essential. In this video, military families share how they have learned to recognize the signs of declining mental health in themselves and their loved ones. They also share their experiences on what they have learned to do when signs of stress and declining mental health begin to appear.
