Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health

Dear Colleagues,

Mental health is a basic human right. And it is crucial to personal, community, and socio-economic development. The World Health Organization define mental health as a state of mental wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn and work well, and contribute to their community. It is an integral component of health and wellbeing that underpins our individual and collective abilities to make decisions, build relationships, and shape the world we live in. Mental health is perceived as more than an absence of mental disorders. It exists on a complex continuum, which is experienced differently from one person to the next, with varying degrees of difficulty and distress, and potentially very different social and clinical outcomes. In order to reach an optimal state of mental health, it is important to prevent psychological disease and to promote psychological wellbeing.

The focus of this Special Issue is the study of the prevention of psychological diseases and the promotion of psychological wellbeing. 

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Mental health prevention;
• Psychological wellbeing promotion;
• Quality of life and related factors;
• Relationship between mental health and wellbeing;
• Mental health care and treatment.

Dr. Stefano Eleuteri
Guest Editor

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• mental health
• prevention
• promotion
• quality of life
• wellbeing
• treatment