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  2. What Is a Mental Health Counselor?

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    What is mental health counseling? Mental health counselors are licensed professionals who treat the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects of mental health and substance use conditions. They ...

  3. Health insurance - Wikipedia

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    A health insurance policy is: A contract between an insurance provider (e.g. an insurance company or a government) and an individual or his/her sponsor (that is an employer or a community organization). The contract can be renewable (annually, monthly) or lifelong in the case of private insurance. It can also be mandatory for all citizens in ...

  4. Pandemic - Wikipedia

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    A medical dictionary definition of pandemic is " an epidemic occurring on a scale that crosses international boundaries, usually affecting people on a worldwide scale ". [14] A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious. For instance, cancer is responsible for many ...

  5. What Are Health Equality and Equity, and Why Do They Matter?

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    But most definitions involve removing systemic and discriminatory barriers to equal access to healthcare and health education. Health justice is a path to health equity. While there are things ...

  6. Health literacy - Wikipedia

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    Health literacy. The ability to read and understand medication instructions is a form of health literacy. Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. [1] There are multiple definitions of health literacy, [2] in ...

  7. Health policy - Wikipedia

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    Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society". According to the World Health Organization, an explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future; it outlines priorities and the expected roles of different groups; and it builds consensus and informs people.

  8. Types of Mental Health Professionals

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    Mental health counselor: Mental health counselor is a broad term for a licensed professional who provides mental health counseling services, often focusing on specific issues or populations. A ...

  9. Mental disorder - Wikipedia

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    A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, [6] a mental health condition, [7] or a psychiatric disability [2], is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. [8] A mental disorder is also characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition ...