Tuesday, September 24, 2013

mental + physical health care...

which is the most imp. part of holistic health care?
even the above question can make some kind of sense as our brain & our learning systems train us to see both parts & whole - to understand things / concepts.
that is one of the reasons - we have multiple specialties in health care  - which one should be given priority?

reminded me of a joke - which is the most imp. body part? - there was a competition once.  and each body part tried to prove themself.  in the joke, the anus region shut down itself to prove its the most imp. part. 

but jokes apart, what care should each individual human being must be provided by the community to make him/her a valuable member?
a constructively contributing member, whose input is less and positive output is more?

this is a very simplistic way to look at a complex process, but lets take it as step one.

as step 2, lets bring the size of a community or the whole world down to 10 people (instead of say 10 billion in near future). 
there people will be of different age groups, and if all of them are healthy, then that community/group will be actively engaged in developmental activities.

health of the group is thus an imp. component... but what is 'health'?

its not mere absence of illness, and its well being of physical, mental & social aspects - so goes the popular definition.   Now, what is well being?

how is mental and social well being different? does a person in coma (brain dead state) where all other organs are working constitute as physically healthy?

now, we are back to which is the most imp. organ/ body part debate.  without mind, without being able to sense (or make sense of those sensations), there is no real self or person.

then is mental health (MH) most imp. aspect?  but, before answering that, what is MH?

mental / mind = functioning of brain.  thus, actually the term 'mental' is an outdated term/word - it originated when mental/mind were mystic concepts to humans.

so why not discard such terms?

there is another term, 'psychology' as well, which is obsolete in this same way. logy (study) of psyche - where psyche is greek word for soul... totally un-scientific.  but why do we keep using these terms which bring up false imagery?

instead of schizophrenia - why not make it - 'dopamine' imbalance or something literal?

that is how attitude towards this one very imp. aspect of "brain-health" will begin.

similarly, security, cooperation towards each other as human beings, respect towards environment and ability to see the world around us as an extension and preserving it etc all become part of this brain-health for all concept.

probably even thinking about how to implement this for just 10 people can be too complex..  lets start with one person then..  our self.  ;)

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