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Week 1 day 1 Chap 2: Mental health vs illness- all about the coping Mental health- successful adaptation to stressors from internal. External environment evidenced by thought, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent with local/ cultural norms Mental Illness- caused by an imbalance of brain chemicals that affects neurotransmitters- depending on disorder different types are affected, unhealthy way of coping becomes chronic; have to be nonfunctioning and have symptoms tp ...