Importance of mental health

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Mental health continues to be difficult to define and difficult to care for. While most of us by now are aware of the importance of mental health, it's hard to describe what it is. For the initial post of this assignment, you will do the following: come up with a definition for "good mental health," including all necessary and sufficient conditions you believe go into this concept. define in your own words the neo-Cartesian and interpersonal models of mental health, according to the above article by Barnes. Select a public health issue other than the broad category "mental health," such as alcoholism, drug use, HIV/AIDs, the Covid-19 pandemic, suicide, obesity in the U.S., etc. Then, describe how this public health problem might be better addressed with an interpersonal model of public medicine.

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