Mental illness and mental health: The two continua model across the lifespan

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-119

  Westerhof, Gerben J ^a   Keyes, Corey L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifespan development; Mental health; Mental illness; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952423192     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-009-9082-y     Document Type: Article

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