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A Logical Analysis of Mental Health… M. Najafi & H. Vakili (87

               Secondly,  as  awareness  of           recognized as states in which
            mental  modes  is  direct,  it  is        the  mind  or  body  lacks

            infallible.  For  example,  it  is        normal  modes  or  proper
            not plausible to think that one           function.  We  will  focus  on
            is mistaken about his/her fear,           health  and  then  illness  could

            anger, and so forth.                      be considered as the mode in
               Thirdly,     mental      modes         which man lacks health.
            have  intentionality.  They  are             According  to  the  World

            about something. Your love is             Health Organization (WHO):
            always  about  someone  or                   Health  is  a  state  of
            something.  (Kashfi,  2010)                  complete  physical,  mental,

            You cannot be afraid but there               and  social  well-being  and
            is nothing you are afraid of.                not  merely  the  absence  of
               According  to  the  above-                disease       or     infirmity.

            mentioned arguments, it could                (https://www.who.int/)
            be  concluded  that  the  mind
            and  its  states  are  immaterial;            The      definition      takes
            Because the properties of  the            advantage  of  the  terms  well-

            mind  and  body  are  not                 being,  disease,  and  infirmity.
            identical.                                Since  we  intend  to  define
                                                      illness  by  health,  benefiting

            2. Health and Diseases                    from  such  terms  in  defining
            Health  and  illness  are  two            health  will  introduce  the
            opposite concepts. Consequently,          definition  into  a  circular

            defining  one  of  which  leads           argument (Dawr).
            us  to  know  the  other  one.               The  definition  uses  the
            Illness  and  disorder often  are         term  mental.  We  explained
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