A proposed new definition of mental health.

Psychiatr Pol

Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland.

Published: June 2017

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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