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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Last June, during a manic episode, he was detained at Foss Park Hospital in York under the Mental Health Act.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, extended by the Affordable Care Act in 2010, required health plans to cover mental-health services at parity with medical and surgical care.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
When the National Institute of Mental Health says that half of all American adolescents have experienced mental illness, that isn’t psychiatry advancing as a field.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
A psychiatrist who decided he could not detain Valdo Calocane under the Mental Health Act after he assaulted a flatmate said the Nottingham attacks killer "wished to take control" during his assessment.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Because in Dad’s mind, nothing can stop him from pursuing Mental Health.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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