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
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The findings could eventually help scientists develop treatments for mental health conditions that capture some of psilocybin's potential benefits without producing hallucinations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
This property is particularly interesting for mental health treatment because conditions such as depression can involve disruptions in the circuits responsible for regulating mood, emotions, and behavior.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Uruguay has the highest suicide rate in Latin America and the pope may talk about mental health, particularly when visiting the Casavalle neighbourhood in Montevideo, notorious for high levels of poverty and extreme violence.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Under its Better Together programme, external the health board is proposing changes to services in a range of areas - adult physical health, adult mental health, urgent care and some diagnostic services.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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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