Biography
Biography: Eleonora Papaleontiou
Abstract
Mental health is strongly based on lifestyle factors, which might either contribute to multiple psychopathologies or foster individual and social well-being and preserve and optimize cognitive function. Lifestyle includes a range of related behaviors which contribute or hinder people’s health. Links between health outcomes and particular behaviors have been investigated, but the overall impact on health is largely unknown. More specifically, such factors might include the following: Vivid Light and Clean Air, Avoid Negative Thinking, Quiet Sleep, Daily Spiritual Exercises, Systematic Physical Activity, Deep Breathing Exercises, Positive Effect of Classical Music, etc. (Mouroutis, K., 2007). Health professionals have signiï¬cantly underestimated the importance of lifestyle for mental health. More speciï¬cally, mental health professionals have underestimated the importance of unhealthy lifestyle factors for treating multiple psychopathologies, for fostering psychological and social well-being, and for preserving and optimizing cognitive capacities and neural functions. Greater awareness of lifestyle factors can offer major advantages (Walsh, 2011). This presentation, therefore, reviews research on mental health, the effectiveness of various lifestyle factors and their impact on people’s health.