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

A "huge amount" of observational research, often based on surveys, has tracked a correlation between teen tech use and worse mental health, she told AFP.

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A GP says patients are presenting with mental health problems because of stress they feel over their levels of personal debt.

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His solicitor told the court that his client had received treatment for mental health difficulties.

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"It can do your mental health no good trying to go to these events."

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To mark the 14th anniversary of his death, Everton have installed a 'talking bench' on the fan plaza as a way to "encourage conversation, tackle loneliness and isolation, and signpost people to mental health support".

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