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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Dr. Declan Grabb, a psychiatrist and OpenAI’s head of mental health and well-being research, says there is more work to do to ensure ChatGPT responds appropriately to a range of mental-health issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
In a wrongful death claim filed Sept. 21, Magaña’s family said authorities were aware of his lifelong struggles with mental health and were told during his booking that he had expressed suicidal ideations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The difference was even larger for mental health.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The discovery raises an important possibility for the future of mental health care: treatments might eventually be selected partly according to a person's individual pattern of brain activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
With our discovery order from the court, we were able to collect records from Taylor Hardin, the mental health facility where Myers was sent after he first refused to testify.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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