mental status (PS) is called stable in a certain period of time, the characteristics of human mental activity (or animal).SS man is an intermediate position between personal mental characteristics that are stable and sustainable, and mental processes that occur at a particular time.PS can last for months, but under favorable conditions are changing rapidly.Usually, the mental state refers to any energy characteristic that influences human activity - fatigue, alertness, euphoria, depression, apathy.
What is the mental state?
Mental states are integral characteristics of mental activity in a certain period of time.They accompany human life, the constant change in its relations with society, people, etc.Any substation consists of three common for all measurements:
- motivational and incentive,
- emotional assessment,
- activation-energy.
first measurement - determining.
There are also "massiveness" of the SS, that is, the state, common to certain groups of people.In the scientific literature, considering two of the state - the public mood and public opinion.
SS man can be characterized mobility, integrity, relative stability, polarity, typical and individual uniqueness, relationship to the properties and processes of personality and extreme variety.
classification of mental states
Modern science identifies Monostatus and polisostoyaniya.The first can be characterized by the fact that the dominant point in time is one to two effects: it can be intellectual status (brooding, doubts), affective states (anger, fear, jealousy).The second are complex multi-component combination of (fatigue, responsibility).
person's mental state are different in length: lasting a few seconds to minutes - operative;Watch lasting days - current;lasting a week or months, even years - long.
differ kinds of mental states norm and pathology.PS standards are characterized by the structural characteristics of repeatability, steadiness, unity, subordination, here also include the adequacy of mental control and reflection.In other words, it is harmonic state.If the above characteristics are violated, this leads to pathology.Separately allocated borderline states - psychopathy, neuroses.
PS can also be positive or negative - impact on the quality of performance.
There are also classification, which are classified as formations appear:
- levels of mental activity of consciousness,
- reticular activation levels of information.
classification in terms of the activity of consciousness include:
- heightened state of mental activity,
- state optimal (medium) mental activity,
- a state of altered consciousness,
- state of reduced mental activity,
- transition from bordstvovaniyato sleep,
- cheerful state of sleep (with dreams),
- deep sleep (slow),
- a state of loss of consciousness.
Qualitative classification SS based on the above-mentioned levels.
In conclusion we consider mental states as mental phenomena: they are the result of a holistic personality adaptive response to changes in internal and external conditions, aimed at achieving a positive outcome and is manifested in the degree of mobilization of the features and experiences of the person.
