Social science unit 4 assignment: literature review article
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The chosen literature offers unique viewpoints and techniques on the complex link
between physical and mental health. Fiorillo et al. (2023) show the devastating implications of
disregarding serious mental illness patients’ physical health. It stresses the need for healthcare
professionals and legislators to address this problem fully. The study stresses the need of
psychiatrist-medical professional cooperation, curriculum revision, and international alliances
like the World Health Organization. This comprehensive approach is essential for enhancing the
well-being and life expectancy of people with mental illnesses and recognizing the relationship
between physical and mental health.
https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21055
Shangkhum and Zikos (2023) provide quantitative proof that mental wellness causes
physical health. Their rigorous instrumental-variable estimation technique improves our
comprehension of this connection. The research shows the dependability of these estimations,
giving policymakers solid evidence for beneficial measures. The limits of local average
treatment impacts vs population-wide mental health improvements highlight the difficulty of
converting research results into policy. This emphasizes the necessity of methodological subtlety
in study interpretation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111378
O’Loughlin et al. (2022) examine how physical and mental health multimorbidity affects
children’s HRQoL. Their results show that even borderline or subclinical mental health issues
affect children’s well-being. This research emphasizes the need of early mental health screening
and treatment for children, particularly those with physical-mental multimorbidity. Physical
health issues and clinical mental health symptoms combine, making juvenile comorbidities more
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complicated. Integrating these results into clinical practice may improve children’s HRQoL with
more customized and effective therapies.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-022-03095-1
Gamified physical exercise and mental health in adolescence are examined by Pérez-
Jorge et al. (2024) from a new approach. The research increases mental health intervention
discourse by concentrating on novel methods like gamification. Their study shows that gamified
practices may improve adolescents’ mental health and emphasizes the need to customize
treatments to school settings. This emphasizes the need for multidisciplinary methods to address
the complicated relationship between physical and mental health and provide varied solutions to
improve well-being across age groups.
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020124
The chosen articles demonstrate the complex link between physical and mental health.
Each research helps educate policy and practice by tackling physical health neglect in severe
mental illnesses or testing creative therapies like gamified physical exercise. Comprehensive
solutions to enhance holistic well-being across groups must include these various viewpoints.
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References
Fiorillo, A., de Girolamo, G., Simunovic, I. F., Gureje, O., Isaac, M., Lloyd, C., Mari, J., Patel,
V., Reif, A., Starostina, E., Summergrad, P., & Sartorius, N. (2023). The relationship
between physical and mental health: an update from the WPA Working Group on
Managing Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Health. World Psychiatry, 22(1), 169–
170. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21055
O’Loughlin, R., Hiscock, H., Pan, T., Devlin, N., & Dalziel, K. (2022). The relationship between
physical and mental health multimorbidity and children’s health-related quality of life.
Quality of Life Research, 31(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-022-03095-1
Pérez-Jorge, D., Martínez-Murciano, M. C., Contreras-Madrid, A. I., & Alonso-Rodríguez, I.
(2024). The Relationship between Gamified Physical Exercise and Mental Health in
Adolescence: An Example of Open Innovation in Gamified Learning. Healthcare, 12(2),
124. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020124
Shangkhum, P., & Zikos, V. (2023). New evidence on the relationship between mental and
physical health. Economics Letters, 233, 111378.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111378
