What is mental health? Evidence towards a new definition from a mixed methods multidisciplinary international survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Manwell, Laurie A ^a,b   Barbic, Skye P ^a,c   Roberts, Karen ^a   Durisko, Zachary ^a   Lee, Cheolsoon ^a,d   Ware, Emma ^a   McKenzie, Kwame ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTROSPECTION; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; OPTIMISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THEORY; THINKING; TOGO; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84930966001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007079     Document Type: Article

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