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Physical and mental health are two different components of health but equally important. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021), Mental health includes the individual's psychological, emotional, and social areas. It influences the way individuals manage stress and interact with other people. In America, one in five adults are diagnosed with mental health illness, and one in five teenagers suffer or have suffered from mental health illness. Social determinants try to explain how the environment and social determinants affect their health. Some social determinants that affect mental health are unemployment/lower income, which are linked to increased social distress, depression, and self-harm. Discrimination is another social determinant that affects mental health. Discrimination related to sexual orientation, race, immigrant status, and occupational status is highly linked to mental health illness in The United States. The third social determinant that affects mental health is family interaction. Individuals' relationship with their caretakers correlates with the mental health status of the individual (Alegría et al., 2018). According to O'Connor (2020), President Trump and former President Biden had different approaches regarding mental health. President Trump signed an executive order to create strategies to reduce suicide among veterans. During the COVID pandemic, President Trump signed an extension to provide telehealth, facilitating access to mental health during the crisis. President Biden's administration is investing in programs that incentivize people to become mental health providers to reduce the shortage. It proposes that health insurance covers mental and physical health at the same level. I would do nothing different. Both presidents were using their resources in the best way possible. President Trump was facing a crisis and opened the door to telehealth, helping people access mental health during difficult times. President Biden is trying to help the shortage of mental health providers as well as helping to change health insurance coverage to assure more mental health access to the community. References Alegría, Margarita, et al. "Social Determinants of Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go." Current Psychiatry Reports , vol. 20, no. 11, 17 Sept. 2018, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181118/, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920 -018-0969-9 Links to an external site. . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Learn about Mental Health - Mental Health - CDC." Www.cdc.gov , 28 June 2021, www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/learn/index.htm#:~:text=Mental%20health%20includes %20our%20emotional. O'Connor, K. (2020). Trump, Biden Differ on Approach to MH Policies. Psychiatric News , 55 (18). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2020.9b20
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