IMED1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Economic Security, Communication, Physical Security
17 Sep 2018
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A state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential. Can cope with the normal stresses of life. Able to make a contribution to her or his community. 1s essential feature: positive state that is related to but distinct from, being free of mental illness, term mental wellbeing implies success across emotional, cognitive, psychological, social, physical and spiritual domains of life. 2nd essential feature: multidimensional term that is more than an emotional state, wellbeing is conceived as having at least 2 dimensions, positive effect (hedonic wellbeing, positive functioning (eudemonic wellbeing) Indivisible from the concept of health: there is no health without mental health, define mental illness and the prevalence of mental illness in australia. Health problem that significantly affects how a person feels, thinks, behaves and interacts with other people. It is diagnosed according to standardised criteria: for doctors to diagnose and find that illness.
