A service was held at Notre Dame Cathedral and hundreds of people congregated at the Place de la Republique. France held a two-minute silence at midday on Monday (11am GMT). People gather for a national service for the victims of the terror attack at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris Photo: AP.
Determinants account, in some measure, for the underlying rates of disease in a population, while variations in these rates are explained by risk factors. The social determinants of health include socioeconomic circumstances, social structure and function, and cultural factors.
Mental health is an integral and essential component of health. The WHO constitution states: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.. An important implication of this definition is that mental health is more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.