HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychotherapy, Moral Panic, Mental Disorder
15 Oct 2016
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Because we cannot read the body for mental health, we have to rely on rst person account. If there is no objective measurement, we can"t say for certain. Not possibly to say with certainty that a person has good mental health. If a person is not diagnosed with a mental disorder, then we will say that person is mentally healthy. To do what is expected of society--culturally embedded, socially. Person may be mentally healthy in one context or society and not healthy in another context. Good mental health--see and say that they enjoy themselves. Flexibility and the ability to roll with conscientious is the sign or indicator of mental health. Some sense of setting goals, knowing how to meet goals, striving towards something that is indicator of good mental health. Not about the status of an individual"s brain. It is in many ways rather different than the minimalist view- rejects. Mental illnesses does not exist of distinct entities.
