Mental Health Awareness: Co-occuring Disorders,Medical and Physical, Problems

We always hear the term mental health awareness, but how does that impact our physical and psychological beings. In the psychological and psychiatric settings many providers believe that your mental health can be impacted by your physical health which therefore impacts your spiritual mind. there are differences in eastern and western medicine and the treatment of co-occuring disorders in individuals can vary. That could mean that a person can have diabetes and be depressed. Or, have a substance abuse and mental health problem. Today we will talk about each of those subjects and how we as a society can learn to understand and help people with mental health and physical disorders.