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A Logical Analysis of Mental Health… M. Najafi & H. Vakili (89
social relationships, effective - Specific illnesses; Like cancer
functions, and expression of and cold
psychosocial well-being. Another
group tries to conceptualize - Consequences of illness; For
health models in positive and example, you cannot act as usual
negative sets of definitions. - Timeline; For example, when
The positive definition is some symptoms last
connected with good features
and behaviors like correct - Absence of health. (Ibid: 217)
weight, plenty of exercise, The proposed surveys mostly
eating good foods, etc. A cover some instances of
negative definition is a lack of healthy life but we intend to
good features or increasing concentrate on the definition
bad situations and modes. Not of health under which all the
getting colds, and rarely foregoing instances fall. The
going to the doctor could be ideas generally discussed the
named as examples. (Ogden, lack of pain, irritating modes,
2012: 216) unusual behaviors, and so on.
In addition, some surveys have It could be seen that what
categorized beliefs concerning somehow constitutes all
illness into six following descriptions is abnormality.
dimensions: On the other hand, there is
- Not feeling good no objective test that could
directly determine a mental
- Specific symptoms; For
example, psychosocial disorder. Therefore, we are
required to rely on symptoms
