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Mental Health as a Complete State: How the Salutogenic Perspective Completes the Picture

Keyes, Corey L. M.
SpringerLink Summary & key facts 2014 274 citations

This chapter explains three ways people think about health. It says the best view — the "complete state" — includes both the lack of disease and the presence of positive mental capacities and functioning. The author reviews studies that support using this complete-state view for mental health and suggests that…

Health, psychology, and well-being Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Resilience and Mental Health
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