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World Psychiatry
v.14(2); 2015 Jun
PMC4471980
World Psychiatry.2015 Jun; 14(2): 231–233. Published online 2015 Jun 4. doi: 10.1002/wps.20231
PMCID: PMC4471980
PMID: 26043341
Toward a new definition of mental health
Silvana Galderisi,1Andreas Heinz,2Marianne Kastrup,3Julian Beezhold,4and  Norman Sartorius5
Silvana Galderisi
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
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Andreas Heinz
2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Marianne Kastrup
3Competence Center for Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, Hellerup, Denmark
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Julian Beezhold
4Hellesdon Hospital and Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Norman Sartorius
5Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland
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1Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
3Competence Center for Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, Hellerup, Denmark
4Hellesdon Hospital and Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
5Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland
Copyright© 2015 World Psychiatric Association
This article has been cited byother articles in PMC. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health is “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community” (1).