mental health

noun

1. psychological well-being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to the ordinary demands of life.

2. the field of medicine concerned with the maintenance or achievement of such well-being and adjustment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mental health¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Workshops involving DJ Fatboy Slim which have been helping people with severe mental health problems are to continue for at least a year.

From BBC

“Those unresolved mental health challenges led defendant to convey the fake threat as an excuse to get out of an ongoing meeting. That decision was misguided and dangerous, but it was also an aberration.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said Sir Mel had been right to focus on cuts to working age benefits, where people "have got the opportunity to re-enter the workforce, improve their mental health" rather than pensions.

From BBC

A changed, matured man, who has come through mental health challenges?

From BBC

Proposals include stopping welfare claims for people with "low level mental health problems" and reducing the number of civil servants by around 132,000, a reduction of around a quarter.

From BBC

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