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Creating a Healthier Life: A Step-By-Step Guide to Wellness

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Wellness
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A component of SAMHSA's wellness initiative, this handbook defines wellness and presents the eight dimensions of wellness: social, environmental, physical, emotional, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, and financial. It also offers tips for improving oneself in each dimension.

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SMA16-4958
Publication Date
April 2016

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