This essay examines the relationship between health and psychology

The relationship between health and psychology
Student’s name
Institution
Introduction
Psychology is the study of human mind and how it works, the study focuses on how it affects one’s behavior. On the other hand, health is a complete state of social, physical and mental wellness and not the absence of illness or infirmity. The relationship between health and psychology can be inferred from the above definition. When one is not mentally healthy, the resultant behavior could be categorized as a psychological problem. This paper is going to focus on post -traumatic stress case, which is classified under mental disorders. Post-traumatic stress is a mental condition as a result of experiencing or being a witness to a distressing event (Sher pp2, 2004). Such an event could be a fatal accident or rape that are common nowadays. The essay will center on a rape victim while in her junior high school, but now a college student.
Method
The informant is a college student in her early 20s; she is currently living with her parents although most of the time she stays in the college hostels. She has two brothers the eldest and their youngest. Her father is a lab technician, and her mother works as a teacher in a local high school. I used an interview that took place at their home since I had to seek permission from her parents who summoned her. I used the following questions to get clarifications; what are your name and age? Where were you when you experienced the horrible act? …