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Mental and Physical Health Research Progress


    Mental health and Physical health should be treated as equally important. This is the main point I am trying to make in my final research paper for this class. I think I have identified a problem as to why they are not treated as equals, and I think it is very important to note that the reason behind this problem is the stigma that exists around mental health and mental illness.
    If one has a heart attack or stroke, and it has been made aware to someone else, there wouldn't be any hesitation in trying to get the victim help, and the paramedics/people helping wouldn't have a problem with trying to help the victim. I one person knew they had a broken rib, it is highly unlikely for the person to ignore it until it possibly kills them. Why do people do this with mental health? Why do both the victim and the "helpers" see mental health problems as less than physical problems? This is the topic of my research paper.
    I have started my research, and while I have read many articles on Google Scholar that have not helped me remotely, I have also found two Scholar articles that have been tremendously helpful, and one EDU website that has been extremely helpful. 
    I am using notecards to help me organize my evidence for my claims and my sources. I find this method, that I learned in middle school, to be extremely helpful when it comes to organization and deciphering if I have enough evidence to support my claims. 
    I have not figured out my claims or the worded for them, yet, but I do have an idea of the claims that I am making. I think my set up for this paper will be a view of both thesis and antithesis. I think I will do my best to start with presenting an objective paper of information and then add methods of pathos, ethos, and logos to help sway the reader.
    Here is a link to one of my sources. I actually found it a really interesting read.

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  1. Casey Aikman3:43 PM

    I agree that mental and physical health should be treated as equal because they go hand in hand with each other. I think that they're equally important because they affect each other. This is a great topic, I hope you find some good evidence!

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