Health Care Process
Health and Illness
Since the beginning of time health has been identified as a state of illness as being infectious, contagious or even deadly. It is determined that wellness and illness are segments while one end possess longevity the other end possess early death. However, there is an overlapping point of the two statuses, we call this the neutral wellness. Below you will further read about the relationship between health and psychology, how lifestyle choices can affect health and psychology in the workplace, and enhance health while preventing illness.
We see health as the absence of illness or symptomatic sickness such as high blood pressure or infectious diseases. Automatically we separate the two; seeing health as a positive state of physical, mental and social well-being, and illness or injury as being destructive with signs, symptoms and disabilities. It is believed that the mind and body are separate. 17th Century Cartesian dualism brought forth the distinction between the mind and the body (Rene’ Descartes 1596-1650). Descartes suggest that the mind and soul of the body communicates through the pineal gland. Freud (1856-1939) challenged Descartes theory and found that mental illness can very well lead to physical symptoms. Thus for, displaying the connection between the mind and body. In support of this theory let’s use Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as an example. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is an anxiety disorder, more of a mental disorder caused by a traumatic even in a person’s life. Intense physical reactions in remembrance of the event may occur such as pounding heart, rapid breathing, nausea, muscle tension, sweating. Another example supporting the connection between the mind and body is major depressive disorder (depression). Emotional symptoms are feelings of guilt or worthlessness, loss of interest in things you once enjoyed and or thoughts of suicide. Physical symptoms may include lack of energy, change in weight or appetite and
Since the beginning of time health has been identified as a state of illness as being infectious, contagious or even deadly. It is determined that wellness and illness are segments while one end possess longevity the other end possess early death. However, there is an overlapping point of the two statuses, we call this the neutral wellness. Below you will further read about the relationship between health and psychology, how lifestyle choices can affect health and psychology in the workplace, and enhance health while preventing illness.
We see health as the absence of illness or symptomatic sickness such as high blood pressure or infectious diseases. Automatically we separate the two; seeing health as a positive state of physical, mental and social well-being, and illness or injury as being destructive with signs, symptoms and disabilities. It is believed that the mind and body are separate. 17th Century Cartesian dualism brought forth the distinction between the mind and the body (Rene’ Descartes 1596-1650). Descartes suggest that the mind and soul of the body communicates through the pineal gland. Freud (1856-1939) challenged Descartes theory and found that mental illness can very well lead to physical symptoms. Thus for, displaying the connection between the mind and body. In support of this theory let’s use Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as an example. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is an anxiety disorder, more of a mental disorder caused by a traumatic even in a person’s life. Intense physical reactions in remembrance of the event may occur such as pounding heart, rapid breathing, nausea, muscle tension, sweating. Another example supporting the connection between the mind and body is major depressive disorder (depression). Emotional symptoms are feelings of guilt or worthlessness, loss of interest in things you once enjoyed and or thoughts of suicide. Physical symptoms may include lack of energy, change in weight or appetite and