Physical Health VS Mental Health- Aren't they Both Equally Serious?

Mental health is an illness and it should be covered by insurance. I can see how you could fake being mentally ill.

I am pleased too to hear that mental health is being given equality in importance right up there with physical health. I am certain that there are people who may try to abuse the mental health coverage policies, but there are also bound to be some who try to cheat the physical health side as well. (Although that seems harder to cheat, it must be possible in some way or another! *laugh*) Anyway, thank you for your link. I will look into this more! ^_^

I agree as well that both physical and mental health are equally serious and should be treated the same on insurance or on the job or anywhere else. I work with people with both physical and mental health issues and have seen the good and the bad with both types of health issues. Yes, I do believe that some people do or will try to abuse the coverage for mental health. I think some people try to pretend they have mental health issues to avoid things. This is a very good discussion. Thank you. :-)

I agree with you well. In my opinion, mental health should be of more concern in all spheres of society since it controls the total efficency of a person. One's physical illness may not stop him to be active mentally but being mentally insane or weak can tolally block the person's efficency, whatever good physical the person may have. So in our personal level also we must well care for it always. Thanks.

both are equally serious! we need care of both two!

The basic principle's right, even if abuse of insurance is predictable. So many people have mental health issues that it's pretty reasonable to cover them in a policy. The people that really need the cover are usually in no condition to abuse it. I had depression a while back, and I can assure you I would have preferred to be a perfectly healthy hypochondriac.

I think mental health is just as important as physical health. Sometimes your mental health can effect your physical health. I think mental health coverage should be in insurance and stuff, but like you said I think some people may try to abuse the system.

After working in the medical and also psych fields, I know it would be easier to scam on mental. But I have learned and just not from my work I used to do, that the physical health affects the mental. Also the mental affects the physical. There is a website about depression that says depression hurts and it does hurt you physically. I know that for a fact. Been there.I think it is about time that insurance covers the mental. There are a lot of people who need help with the mental and that hasn't been covered.

I think both are important for us.But Mental Health is more important for a person.Only if we mentally strong then we can also be physically strong.Mental weakness leads to physical weakness.

both a required for a better living

I think mental health is equally important as phyiscal health. If you see the recent survey by major universities, the result is that most people who do not have something to do suffer most from mental disease. Our body are requires exercises for brain also. If we are using it in the nice way in the right direction and we are giving exercises to brain by doing something. We can keep our brain fit and sharp as ever, it is necessary for everyone to pay attention to mental health also.

I also agree the physical health issues and mental issues should both equally covered by the insurance. I am not sure if a person could try to abuse the mental health coverage. Since the technology is so advanced it is possible for the doctors if a person is acting he is having disease or he is actually having disease. The mind and the body is related. The sound body gives a sound mind and vice versa. So I think both should be given equal importance. It is easy for the psychiatrist to identify if a person is having hallucinations, delusions with their experiences and the medicines for these disease are very strong and side effects taken by the people who also do not have disease are also strong. So I do not think people will not act and take risks of taking these medicine for the insurance. I hope so.

Mental health effects the physical health, if your mental health is good then you will be physically well if you are under constant mental stress then you develop many physical conditions like High Blood pressure etc, so the mental condition should be right always even if you have depression then you feel low you won't eat well or you may eat too much you won't eat with aproper frame of mind then you become a victim to many other sicknesses, so we should try to be stress free and happy always trusting in God and surrendering all our cares to him so that we will ne mentally as well as physically well

yes i do agree with you. mental illness is equally expensive. if not more. and it should be equally covered on insurance. there are a lot of people with mental illness in this world. the people that would try to abuse the mental health coverage would get caught and they would find out pretty quickly if there is really something wrong with you or if your just there. but why go if you have no problem they dont prescribe medicine unless they do full evaluation and the symptoms are reoccuring or they never stop.

not at all equally serious. both are different . and both have their own limitations. the reqwuired one is your mental health. if u are mentally fit then no need to look into your physical health. because physical strength is attached with your mental strength. thanks

I definitely agree! Mental health is a huge thing to keep in check!

I agree 100%... those who have mental problems or illnesses are not taken seriously. There was a good commerical on the radio years ago trying to send that message. It was a skit made up of someone telling his boss that he had to go on sick leave because he found out he had cancer. The boss made fun of him and made it sound like it was nothing serious. The point of that commerical was this is how those who have legitimate mental illnesses are treated AND that they are JUST as serious as a physical illness!!

Mental and physical health should be given equal consideration as they are equally serious. Once a person is troubled physically with illnesses, his mind is affected and vice-versa. In insurance, mental health may be difficult to detect but we now have all the psychiatrists and the psychologists to determine the extent whether it should be covered or not. May God bless you. SEN

I think it's a good thing to include. Mental health can be even more debilitating than physical health. It helps employers, too - when my mental health is great and my physical health sucks, I'll push through anything to still do what I was doing before, because while my body says "no you can't" my pride says "oh yes you can", as the old country song goes. When it's flipped, however, you can be physically fine but if your mental health sucks, you will not be able to do anything to full capacity, or even close to it.

i think that physical health is worse though because if you break your leg then you get depressed sometimes so physical health is the start of it all