HLSC 1F90 Lecture 2: HLSC 1F90: Psychology Disorders
10 May 2016
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Health is the overall condition of the body or mind the presence or absence of illness or injury. Wellness is optimal health and vitality, encompassing all the dimensions of well-being. Health is an ever changing process of achieving ones potential in physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, spiritual and environmental dimensions. Wellness is the combination of health and happiness associated with achieving balance across all dimensions of health. World health organization (who) defines health much like wellness: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being rather than solely as absence of disease. Social determinants of health are the factors which can influence the health of individuals or groups. Who identifies social determinants of health as: The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and ageconditions that are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global, notional and local levels.
