Title: Mental health - Wikipedia
Headings: Mental health
Mental health
Contents
Distinguishing mental health from mental illness
History
Early history
Deinstitutionalization and transinstitutionalization
Epidemiology
Global prevalence
Demographics
Children and young adults
The homeless population
Immigrants and refugees
Cultural and religious considerations
Mental health and occupations
Mental health in social work
Factors affecting mental health
Economic factors
Stress
Mental health protection and promotion
Care navigation
Promoting and improving mental health
Pharmacotherapy
Physical activity
Activity therapies
Expressive therapies
Psychotherapy
Self-compassion
Social-Emotional Learning
Meditation
Mental fitness
Spiritual counseling
Mental health laws and public health policies
Policies
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: According to WHO, mental health includes "subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, intergenerational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others". From the perspectives of positive psychology or of holism, mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and to create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how one defines "mental health". Contents
1 Distinguishing mental health from mental illness
2 History
2.1 Early history
2.1.1 Deinstitutionalization and transinstitutionalization
3 Epidemiology
3.1 Global prevalence
3.2 Demographics
3.2.1 Children and young adults
3.2.2 The homeless population
3.2.3 Immigrants and refugees
3.2.4 Cultural and religious considerations
3.3 Mental health and occupations
3.3.1 Mental health in social work
4 Factors affecting mental health
4.1 Economic factors
4.2 Stress
5 Mental health protection and promotion
5.1 Care navigation
5.2 Promoting and improving mental health
5.2.1 Pharmacotherapy
5.2.2 Physical activity
5.2.3 Activity therapies
5.2.4 Expressive therapies
5.2.5 Psychotherapy
5.2.6 Self-compassion
5.2.7 Social-Emotional Learning
5.2.8 Meditation
5.2.9 Mental fitness
5.2.10 Spiritual counseling
6 Mental health laws and public health policies
6.1 Policies
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Distinguishing mental health from mental illness
See also: Mental illness
According to the U.K. Surgeon Journal (1999), mental health is the successful performance of mental function resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships, being able to adapt to change and cope with adversities. The term 'mental illness' collectively refers to all diagnosable mental disorders — characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behaviors associated with distress or impaired functioning. Mental health has long been defined as the absence of psychopathologies, such as depression and anxiety. The absence of mental illness, however, is a minimal outcome from a psychological perspective on lifespan development. Corey M Keyes has created a two continua model of mental illness and health which holds that both are related, but distinct dimensions: one continuum indicates the presence or absence of mental health, the other the presence or absence of mental illness.