Concepts of Health and Well-being

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Health
Health is a state of physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity according to the World Health Organisation.
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Ill-Health
Ill-Health is a state in which an individual is unable to function normally because of the presence of something negative like a disease, or the absence of something postive like adequate nutrition.
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Disease
Disease is a dignostic label given to a set of signs or symtpoms, which are usually long-term e.g coronary heart disease.
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Stress related illness
Stress related illness refers to physical symptoms, which result from the physiological effects that occur when a person feels anxious and unable to cope with stresses such as work or family problems e.g. headaches, palpatations and stomach problemss
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Mental Health
Mental health is not just the absence of a mental illness, but a form of subjective well-being, in which an individual feels able to cope with life.
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Mental Illness
Mental illness refers to a psychological condition that is characterised by behaviour which is abnormal and is often linked with chemical changes in the brain e.g. depression.
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Ill-Health is a state in which an individual is unable to function normally because of the presence of something negative like a disease, or the absence of something postive like adequate nutrition.

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Ill-Health

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Disease is a dignostic label given to a set of signs or symtpoms, which are usually long-term e.g coronary heart disease.

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Stress related illness refers to physical symptoms, which result from the physiological effects that occur when a person feels anxious and unable to cope with stresses such as work or family problems e.g. headaches, palpatations and stomach problemss

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Mental health is not just the absence of a mental illness, but a form of subjective well-being, in which an individual feels able to cope with life.

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