One claim in the psychology of health and well-being is that diagnosis provides an accurate measurement of whether a person has a mental health disorder. Discuss this claim with reference to the diagnosis of one mental health disorder.
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The claim that well-being is more than the absence of illness is persuasive because health psychology increasingly distinguishes between simply not meeting criteria for a disorder and actually functioning well. In other words, a person may have no diagnosable depression or anxiety, yet still feel empty, lack purpose, o