Today is World Mental Health Day. The theme this year is ‘The Relationship between Physical and Mental Health: Co-occurring Disorders’, an issue that needs to be addressed because of the tendency by healthcare providers to separate mental health.
WHAT is health? The World Health Organisation defines it as “the complete state of physical, mental, and social wellbeing ? not merely the absence of disease.” Today, much has been learnt about the intimate connection between the mind and body, especially the connection between mental illness and physical health.