Emotions & Health

Clinical Psychologist's Perspective

- Mrs.Nasreen Akhtar Khan

Human beings are primarily a cognitive being meaning that among all creatures the most advanced thinking process is being followed by humans like rationale decision making, logical analyses, decision making etc. The Dorolateral prefrontal cortex is the function part of prefrontal cortex that help in higher order executive functions. Besides, emotions also play an important part which regulate human behavior and decision making. Cognitions & emotions are interconnected and play a pivotal role in health outcomes. This article attempts to highlight the role of emotions in health.

Emotions are organised responses, crossing the boundaries of many psychological subsystems, including the physiological, cognitive, motivational, and experiential systems. Emotions Typically arise in response to an event, either internal or external, that has a positively or negatively balanced meaning for the individual. Emotions can be distinguished from the closely related to concept of mood in that emotions are shorter and generally more intense.