Dr. Sheena Latif

  What is considered as Good Work in Mental Health?           Technically defining, a good work culture balances the interests of the employees, the employers and the society as a whole in order to deliver optimum performance,  enjoyable and satisfying engagement as well as fairness in growth. In other words, in a good work, the individuals are productive in a sustainable manner and choose to remain in employment overtime in a healthy way.          To maintain a good mental health, quality of the job and positive environment of the work culture, plays key role. Job quality and job satisfaction has proportional relationship with mental health of an individual. If one has poor quality job, there are chances that the positive mental health of the person can get tampered. Unemployment is one of the serious and major causes of deteriorating mental health among the youth of many countries. Unemployment to poor quality jo...

 Australia’s aboriginals are Australia’s first people who have lived the continent over fifty thousand years. It is interesting to know and learn about the methods of Social and Emotional Well Being (SEWB) religiously followed by the aboriginals of Australia. It teaches us about their holistic view and approach towards mental health. The people prefer to remain connected to their family, clan and children and find that really helpful and extremely supportive in terms of boosting their mental health and emotional well-being.  Aboriginal Health and SEWB Aboriginal health deals with physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual well-being of the people. If any of these factors are affected, it is considered as ill-health. SEWB of aboriginals are greatly related to how they are closely connected to their family, the environment they live in (nature) and the power of choice they exercise. Aboriginals prefer the usage of the term 'SEWB' instead of the other technical medical t...