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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Attitudes toward the test are changing, with students and parents more and more unwilling to trade physical and mental health for high test scores.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
“Brass tacks is that we need people that are going to be willing to fight for mental health services,” Sannappa said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Pratt said on his website that his “treatment first” approach would direct resources into mental health and drug treatment care, which sounds good except that those responsibilities are primarily under county jurisdiction, not city control.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
A WHO official quoted two years later said there were only 82 mental health professionals in the whole country.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Too often this was used to force women to submit, rather than to address their underlying mental health issues.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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