Towards A New Theory of Sustainable Positive Mental Health

Abstract

Referring to the theoretical background of mental health theories, we find several common and famous theories in the field of psychology and mental health developed 50- 100 years ago fall into six broad categories. They still influence us today. You might recognize them as: including: (Analytical/developmental (Freud, Jung, Erickson, Kohlberg, Behavioral (Watson, Skinner, Pavlov), Cognitive (Tolman, Piaget, Chomsky), Social (Bandura, Lewin, Festinger), Humanistic (Rogers and Maslow), Personality (Erickson's psychosocial development theory)) Where we point out that this theory explained the improvement or deterioration of mental health due in its entirety to three axes of personality (subconsciousness, mental life, behavior, self-insight) (Dasgupta,2019).