| mental health n. 1. A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. 2. A branch of medicine that deals with the achievement and maintenance of psychological well-being. 3. A person's overall emotional and psychological condition: Since witnessing the accident, his mental health has been poor. |
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| Noun | 1. |  mental health - the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustmentmental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" mental balance, mental soundness - the healthy psychological state of someone with good judgment mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy - any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention |
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