mental health

psychological well-being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to the ordinary demands of life.

the field of medicine concerned with the maintenance or achievement of such well-being and adjustment.

Origin of mental health

First recorded in 1825–35

Potter suggested that she drive herself to Millwood Hospital, a mental-health facility.

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The mental-health unit has helped earthquake survivors deal with grief and post-traumatic stress.

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