he course model suggests that social and economic factors may affect mental health. Using examples from the module materials, discuss how these factors could contribute to the development of mental health problems.

The term mental illness is commonly used to describe certain severe and often disturbing experiences which are distinguished from experiences seen as falling in a normal range of unhappiness, distress or emotional upset. All people experience varying degrees of mental health and distress, both personally and in interacting with relatives, friends, colleagues or service users. Mental health problems can have a different meaning by different people.

Mental health is difficult to define as its more than just the absence of mental illness. Mental health is about quality of life and achieving potential as a human being, looking overall the holistic approach, as well as the biomedical and social model. Language plays a big part in shaping peoples experiences, whether as mental health workers or service users or survivors, and language in turn is often shaped by a particul…(short extract)