Newman conceptualized human health as a conscious experience following a pattern of:
a. order and disorder
b. severe spikes and flat troughs
c. unpredictability
d. concern and lack of concern
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Newman conceptualized human health as a conscious experience following a pattern of order and disorder. For example, according to Newman's theory, for an adolescent suffering from a diagnosed mental illness such as depression or conduct disorder, the disease is conceptualized within the whole person. The focus then would be on the pattern that the individual expresses within the environment.
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