HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychotherapy, Gross National Happiness, Environmental Health
22 Jan 2018
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Mental health is distinct from physical health: we see this in many domains (workplace, government etc. ) But, despite links between body and mind, physical state cannot necessarily give an indication of mental health: ex: weight loss is not always accompanied my mental disorder. Mental health = feelings, thoughts, cognition, and self-concept. No generally accepted definition: system of occlusion: we assume that if someone is not mentally ill, then they are mentally healthy, this is problematic . But these clues are not individual variables, they are also affected by society and the world around us: so, we must consider mental health in a social context. Problem: scientific phenomenon are universal across cultural, socials ones are not. Poor mental health disorder model (or medical model) Assumes mental illnesses exists as discrete categories (one has it or not: based on the idea that they are diseases specific causes, treatments etc, binary.
