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REVIEW OF NEED FOR HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL APPROACH OF MENTAL HEALTH
REVIEW OF NEED FOR HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL APPROACH OF MENTAL HEALTH

REVIEW OF NEED FOR HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL APPROACH OF MENTAL HEALTH

Author(s): Mihaela Gavrilă-Ardelean
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: mental health; bio-psycho-social approach; health education; educational needs; review;

Summary/Abstract: Healthcare and fight against disease are some of the oldest humanconcerns. Health is not only an individual problem, it also concernsthe society as a whole, as German philosopher Schopenhauer said,'health is not everything, but without health there is nothing'(Schopenhauer, 1788-1860). Research objective: In this study, therewas made a systematic review about the bio-psycho-social approachof mental health and educational needs in this context.Researchhypotheses: Mental health status has an important role, as a part ofhuman health in the bio-psycho-social approach of health in world. InRomania, there is an important public health problem, which requiresappropriate health education of the population, and integrated mentalhealth services, in the health system, for a better prevention.Researchmethodology: Several scientific articles have been reviewed, in orderto make a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the mental healthapproach, in the light of bio-psycho-social issues of human health,and the educational needs of population in this field.Research results:show the need for mental health education of the Romanianpopulation, in the current trends of mental morbidity evolution. Thegovernmental politics for health follow prevention aspects, from themental health perspective of population. The main prevention methodremains health education of population.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 276-285
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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