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Mental Health Information

cbayer

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1. As someone who is not a fan of the terms mental health or mental illness, I like this.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2014, 07:35 AM

Sep 2014

This redefines the term as having nothing to do with whether someone has a psychiatric disorder. It addresses function, and that is a good place to have it, imo.

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Ran across this definition of mental health, supposedly from the WHO [View all] HereSince1628 Sep 2014 OP

As someone who is not a fan of the terms mental health or mental illness, I like this. cbayer Sep 2014 #1

Function/Dysfunction is classic pathology, not where my concern lies... HereSince1628 Sep 2014 #2

What's wrong with that? TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #3

The problem is two-pronged HereSince1628 Sep 2014 #6

Kick and Rec for further discussion. nt. Ilsa Sep 2014 #4

Those are very good questions you're asking. (nt) enough Sep 2014 #5