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A proposed new definition of mental health
| 1 | Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy |
| 2 | Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| 3 | Specialist in Psychiatry, Own firm, Denmark |
| 4 | Hellesdon Hospital and Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK |
| 5 | Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland |
Submission date: 2017-05-20
Acceptance date: 2017-05-28
Online publication date: 2017-06-18
Publication date: 2017-06-18
Psychiatr Pol 2017;51(3):407–411
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The authors propose a new approach to the definition of mental health, different than the definition proposed by the World Health Organization, which is established around issues of person’s well-being and productivity. It is supposed to reflect the complexity of human life experience.
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