To What Extent Is ‘Being Healthy’ Socially Defined?
The definition of the term ‘being healthy’ is different for some and different for others which makes the concept of health controversial. One might define being healthy simply if you are happy and do not suffer from anything that could kill you. Of course, it is wrong because they are many different factors that should be incorporated in the definition. The World Health Organization has done so and has not changed their interpretation of what health means to them since 1948, which then they believe no altercation should be done (REFERENCE). They consider health to be, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (REFERENCE). They incorporate all factors and do not simply focus on one aspect. If their definition is indeed the right one, is not anyone to some extent all unhealthy? Not everyone can be physically, socially and mentally stable. So going back to the question at hand, being healthy is to some big extent …show more content…
ADHD is when one is inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive (REFERENCE). Back in the 1960s it was said that ADHD was only found in children but Peter Conrad, medical sociologist, has explored the evolution of this phenomena, and discovered in the 1990s that it can be seen in adults too (REFERENCE). It went from hyperactive children to ADHD adults, you can found that with research and results the way we see ADHD has changed over time. However because of the medicalization process, simple things such as boredom have now been diagnosed as ADHD. The medicalization process is when things are being over-medicalized and has changed from being a medical meaning to medical problems (REFERENCE). In some way this is a good thing because in terms of ADHD it gives more money for therapists and pharmaceutical companies and could be the reason for the increase in the amount of
The definition of the term ‘being healthy’ is different for some and different for others which makes the concept of health controversial. One might define being healthy simply if you are happy and do not suffer from anything that could kill you. Of course, it is wrong because they are many different factors that should be incorporated in the definition. The World Health Organization has done so and has not changed their interpretation of what health means to them since 1948, which then they believe no altercation should be done (REFERENCE). They consider health to be, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (REFERENCE). They incorporate all factors and do not simply focus on one aspect. If their definition is indeed the right one, is not anyone to some extent all unhealthy? Not everyone can be physically, socially and mentally stable. So going back to the question at hand, being healthy is to some big extent …show more content…
ADHD is when one is inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive (REFERENCE). Back in the 1960s it was said that ADHD was only found in children but Peter Conrad, medical sociologist, has explored the evolution of this phenomena, and discovered in the 1990s that it can be seen in adults too (REFERENCE). It went from hyperactive children to ADHD adults, you can found that with research and results the way we see ADHD has changed over time. However because of the medicalization process, simple things such as boredom have now been diagnosed as ADHD. The medicalization process is when things are being over-medicalized and has changed from being a medical meaning to medical problems (REFERENCE). In some way this is a good thing because in terms of ADHD it gives more money for therapists and pharmaceutical companies and could be the reason for the increase in the amount of