Mental Health Psychology

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Recommended: Mental health is just as important as physical health

This semester I plan to study how different illness’s can affect someone psychologically so I can better understand the affects physical disorders impact the lives of others. Mental health is a sensitive topic to talk about, about 18.2% of adults suffer from it, so approaching it with sensitivity to others that may have suffered from a physical illness leading to a mental health disorder, who may be reading will be taken into consideration. It’s a goal for readers to better understand that someone suffering from a physical disorder could also be suffering from a mental health disorder too. It is important for people to understand the impact of mental health on physical health recovery, the way the mental health disorders can lead to …show more content…

Most people underestimate the prominence of mental health disorders in the world and its rapid growth; for example, 79% of people worldwide are affected by depression and 30% in the United States suffer from anxiety. Article 2 states different statistics such as people with cancer that develop depression have a 50% increased death risk. With a more positive approach, article 3 does a great job at addressing how optimism increases the patient recovery time and survival chances. Scheier and Carver state “Optimism was related to several preoperative physiologic reactions. Compared to pessimists, optimists were significantly less likely to have developed new Q-waves on their EKGs as a result of surgery.” It is important for authors to address each perspective thoroughly because it is a sensitive topic to touch on. I think all five articles chosen will give me a way to narrow my focus on how mental health and physical health are related. I believe the articles will give me insight on how

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