Dimensions of Mental Health
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Dimensions Of Mental Health 1DIMENSIONS OF MENTAL HEALTHNameCourse: Professor’s NameInstitutionCityDate
Dimensions Of Mental Health 2Dimensions of Mental Health Case Selected: AnxietyIntroductionGeorgia suffers from anxiety. She is a 22 year old University student who is facing thechallenge of continuing with life in her present condition. She is in her third year and studiespsychology. Her life is full of stress which is affecting even her performance in school. She fearsdoing exams because she feels that she is not prepared. She finds it difficult to concentrate on herstudies because of her present condition. She also has problems completing her assignment ontime. She lives alone in a small room near the school. She even changed from being a full-timestudent to part time. Georgia says that she has stress and she feels tense and anxious andcurrently she has problems sleeping. Her life seems to be in a mess. She lies awake for hours inbed and often wakes up feeling exhausted like somebody who has worked all night long. Shealso feels short of breath her heart pounds and she gets a feeling of doom. Her parents live faraway from her even though she calls her mother frequently. In spite of her condition she does notuse drugs. She uses alcohol occasionally. She fears taking after her mother who also suffers fromanxiety.Mental Health and Mental IllnessMental health is vital to ever individual.Mental illness is a recognized and medicallydiagnosable illness that affects the cognitive, effective and relational ability of an individual(Hyman, 2012). Mental illness occurs in life to spoil the life of an individual. Mentalcomplications arise from biological developmental and psychosocial factors that can be managedjust like the physical conditions. Mental health and mental illness are not the same but arerelated. Optimal Mental health is at one end while mental illness is at the other. Mental illness isprevalent all over the world. Having poor mental health is related to emotional distress. Poor
Dimensions Of Mental Health 3mental health is more common than depression. Georgia suffers a mental illness that makes itdifficult for her to cope. Mental health and mental illness change with time depending on manfactors. The factors may be such as the level of individual or office stress, way of life and healthexperience of shock and genetics. Relationship Between Mental Health and Physical HealthMental and physical health are linked in a fundamental way. A person who suffers from a mentalillness suffers from chronic physical condition that affects his quality of life. The physicalcondition also demands healthcare and brings about some negative consequences in thesociety .According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is no health without mentalhealth (Simos, 2013). Lack of good mental health is a risk factor for contacting prolongedphysical conditions. A person who suffers from chronic physical situation is at risk of sufferingfrom poor mental health. A person who suffers from a mental illness may not be in a position todischarge the duties that he does physically (Freeman, 2012). A person with a mental illnessoften looks like a physically ill person because he cannot discharge the duties of a physically fitperson. People who develop mental sickness can increase their vulnerability to acquire deprivedphysical health. Mental illness can decrease energy levels which can negatively impact theadoption of healthy behavior. People may lack motivation to take care of their health which mayworsen the situation. They may also adopt eating and sleeping habits that not healthy. Peopleliving with poor mental health often face a high rate of unemployment, poverty lack of stablehousing and social isolation (Taylor, 2008). The factors may increase the vulnerability ofdeveloping chronic physical conditions. The also suffer from poor nutrition that may also affecttheir physical condition. They may also develop diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases.
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