I don't know how much these terms vary by locale or specialty, but within behavioral medicine in the US, coping is ambivalent and a normal part of nearly any co

I don't know how much these terms vary by locale or specialty, but within behavioral medicine in the US, coping is ambivalent and a normal part of nearly any condition. A lack of coping would be unambiguously bad, but here can be both good and bad coping mechanisms in a qualitative sense. Coping skills are taught to help people restore balance to their lives if they have reached a point of having a clinical disorder, i.e. where the condition has negatively affected their ability to live and function. A good coping mechanism mitigates the disorder, while a bad coping mechanism may add another layer of dysfunction instead. A meta-level skill is to become more aware of these differences to self-adjust towards more beneficial outcomes.