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Contents 1 "socially defined"? 2 Rewrite 3 Pls do not autoredirect the topic of mental hygiene to this topic

[edit] "socially defined"?

"Mental health is socially constructed and socially defined; that is different professions, communities, societies and cultures have very different ways of conceptualizing its nature and causes, determining what is mentally healthy, and deciding what interventions are appropriate."

Could it not be said that mental health is individually constructed and individually defined? It seems like a lot of people I know (in the same culture) have very different views of mental health! --The burning bush 01:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Good point, but I think that is what the statement means. Remember communities, societies and cultures as well as their combinations all affect this view - meaning one community could be made up of different professionals and include people from different cultures. This could lead to even individuals in a community of only 20 (community not necessarily meaning "town" or "city" in this case) to all feel differently about the idea of mental health. If you think you could better incorporate that idea into the article (using references), it would be appreciated. Chupper 17:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

In addition I've changed the text to "Mental health can be socially constructed and socially defined..." Chupper 19:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

I've added a rewrite tag to the top of this page. I've been trying to spend over at mental illness and I'll try to do the same here. This article is in need of a lot of work. I'm thinking this article probably won't be as beastly as "mental illness" because mental illness is more definitive. Mental health is more of an all encompassing abstract idea. Either way, I'm going to try to do the following. If you have any ideas to contribute, feel free to do as well:

• Incorporate mental illness into the article
• Incorporate ideas of the mental health profession and different professionals
• Scale down and add info more directly tied to criticism of the idea of mental health, not biological psychiatry, etc.
• Add references
• Restructure article

I look forward to editing! Chupper 18:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Until I get a decent amount of content written, I'll be making edits over at User:Chupper/Sandbox01. Feel free to make edits there until that information is copied here. I'll put a strikethrough on this text as soon as that occurs. Chupper 19:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

History section still needs a lot more work. I'll contribute as much as I can over the next couple of days. Chupper 19:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pls do not autoredirect the topic of mental hygiene to this topic

The definition of mental hygiene is different to mental health

Mental hygiene is a measure, a series of psychological methods, through which the various of mental health status will be reached. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.62.138.21 (talk) 06:56, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

You introduced a link for a page that already had a redirect. Mental health has a wide variety of "definitions" one of which is synonymous with "mental hygiene". I could see, in the future, two different articles for these topics. But for now, no such article exists. If you want to create an article at "mental hygiene" no one would stop you. But until that article is created, it should remain a redirect. Chupper 17:35, 27 October 2007 (UTC)