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The Illness-Wellness Continuum is a graphic illustration of a wellbeing concept first proposed by John W. Travis in 1972. It describes how wellbeing is more than simply an absence of illness, but also incorporates the individual's mental and emotional health. In this it echoes the view of the World Health Organization. In addition, it contrasts the way professionals using these two fundamentally different paradigms relate to their constituents. Professionals using the Treatment Paradigm relate to their patients as parent to child, while those using the Wellness Paradigm relate to their clients as peers. == Concept == Travis believes that the standard approach to medicine, which assumes a person is well when there are no signs or symptoms of disease, was insufficient. This led to his development of the Continuum. The right side of the Continuum reflects degrees of wellness, while the left indicates degrees of illness. The Illness-Wellness Continuum has been used to highlight how, even in the absence of physical disease, an individual can suffer from depression, anxiety or other conditions— indicating a lack of wellness. While standard medicine (see "Treatment Paradigm"), typically treats injuries, disabilities, and symptoms, to bring the individual to a "neutral point" where no illness is present, the Wellness Paradigm seeks to move the individual’s state of wellbeing further along the continuum towards optimal emotional and mental states.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A New Vision of Wellness )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wellness-A New Perspective for Leisure and Tourism Wellness Philosophy )〕 The concept is premised on the idea that wellbeing is a dynamic rather than a static process.〔 In this, the Illness-Wellness Continuum reflects the view of the World Health Organization, which has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The Illness-Wellness Continuum proposes that individuals can move further to the right, towards health and wellbeing, through awareness, education, and growth. Conversely, worsening states of health are reflected by signs, symptoms, and disability. In addition, a person's outlook plays a major role moving along the Continuum in either direction. A positive outlook will enhance the individual’s health and wellbeing, while a negative outlook will hinder it, independent of present health status. For example, a person who demonstrates no symptoms of disease, but is constantly complaining, would be facing the left side of the Continuum, toward an early death. However, a person having a disability, but still maintaining a positive outlook, will be facing to the right, toward a high level of wellness. It is less important where a person is on the continuum than which direction they are facing. The Illness-Wellness Continuum has been praised for promoting preventive treatment—improving wellbeing before an individual presents with signs or symptoms of illness, as well as educating people to be aware of, and consequently avoiding risk factors, protecting against pathology and an early death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Illness-Wellness Continuum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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