Mental Health and Physical Health

Joined up thinking

Mental and physical health are often considered separately. But there is a growing body of research that identifies these two kinds of health affect each other and we need to be considering them both with any health care issue.

Parity of esteem

There are also important issues of inequality with mental health often being less valued and considered less important than physical health within health care settings. This difference is called lack of ‘parity of esteem

In the video below I talk about the difference in how mental and physical health issues are treated, and why it is so important for us to look after and value our mental health, as well as our physical health.