Topic 1 Understanding Mental Health
This unit will identify the components of health, attempt to define mental health, identify the determinants of mental health and then consider some of the mental health conditions which can promote mental health wellbeing, including the self-system.
“I wish above all that thou prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth.” (3 John 1) is God’s ideal for mankind. However, in our sin polluted environment, disease is inevitable. We are are aware that degeneration can be swift and rapid. So how can one prosper and be in health? Let us first consider “What is health?”
It is important to note that health is wholistic and consists of many components. These are physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, sexual, environmental, and societal. These strands are closely related and deeply interconnected. Therefore ill health in one facet can have repercussions in another aspect of one’s health.