mental health
Americannoun
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psychological well-being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to the ordinary demands of life.
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the field of medicine concerned with the maintenance or achievement of such well-being and adjustment.
Etymology
Origin of mental health
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Bass said the killings reflect, in part, a broader failure of the mental health system to get people the care they need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
"If you can get out before 11am-ish then there's a part of the brain, just behind the eyes, that responds to light," says Jo Baker, a psychotherapist and student sleep and mental health expert.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
For years, Silicon Valley has drawn scrutiny from civil society and global regulators over tangible harms such as youth mental health deterioration and systematic privacy violations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The findings suggest that inflammation may provide one biological route through which pressures from everyday life, including poverty and mental health problems, can affect the body and increase cardiovascular risk.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
In addition, I think it is only a dangerous manifestation ol your declining mental health.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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