Karen Dorman                                                                                                unit code 1210        

DEFINITION OF HEALTH

Good health is a mixture of physical, mental, emotional and social wellbeing. The

Dictionary definition is HEALTH: “The state of being well and free from illness

Mental or physical” (oxford, 2001). However it goes much deeper, It is not about

What can be seen or felt on the outside but also about our innerselves as well.

Physical health is about what can be seen or felt and can cover a numerous

amount of things from a common cold to a terminal disease such as cancer. It

could also be a degenerative disease, genetic illness , and sexually transmitted disease

race related disease e.g. sickle cell anaemia or an age related illness. Many physical health problems can be linked to emotional health such as stress from families, relationships, work or financial difficulties and worries can cause a multitude of stress related illnesses i.e. hypertension, heart attacks, and could eventually lead to a full mental breakdown. So maybe if stress could be reduced then health could significantly improve.

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Mental health plays a massive role in society today since the care in the community act came into force. We are no longer as ignorant to illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Nowadays the quality of care has improved they don’t just lock away in asylums and forget about them. They are now fully integrated into society. Social health can cover all of the above as aspects of each of them can prevent socialisation. This maybe due to a physical problem i.e. mobility problems, emotional problems i.e. economics and mental health problems such as agoraphobia.

Disability also ...

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