Toward a new definition of mental health

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³ Competence Center for Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, Hellerup, Denmark.
⁴ Hellesdon Hospital and Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
⁵ Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland.

Silvana Galderisi et al. World Psychiatry. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;14(2):231-3.

doi: 10.1002/wps.20231.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³ Competence Center for Transcultural Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, Hellerup, Denmark.
⁴ Hellesdon Hospital and Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
⁵ Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland.

No abstract available

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