What is Mental Health?... Mental health refers to a persons psychological and emotional well-being. Mental Health does not only refer to bad symptoms, People can have good and bad mental health. It is easy to physically not see mental health symptoms, so that is why it is so important to be aware of your own and others mental health, to make sure it is addressed. Mental Health issues are very important and should be addressed as soon as possible, but are handled differently in every countries.
When
you think of a disease, you might think of something that you can identify
physically. But, not all diseases are shown from the outside. 14% of the global
issue of disease comes from mental health disorders. Mental health is a major
public health priority that needed to be attended to (Filipovic-Pierucci, p.
2). Throughout this site, you will find information about the ways that the United States and France handle mental health issues.