Mental Health Measure

A Mental Health Measure is a human health measure that measures the extent to which a human exhibits symptoms of a mental disorder.

Context:
- output: a Mental Health Score (associated with a mental health level).
- It can range from being a Self-Reported Mental Health Measure to being a Clinically Administered Mental Health Measure.
- It can range from being a Focused Mental Health Measure to being a Broad Mental Health Measure.
- It can range from being a Adult Mental Health Measure to being a Adolescent Mental Health Measure.
- It can range from being a Broad Mental Health Measure to being a Mental Disorder-Specific Measure.
- It can require interpretation by Mental Health Professionals.
- It can support the development of a Mental Health Disorder Treatment Plan.
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Example(s):
- a Mental Health Test.
- a Stress Level Measure, for assessing stress levels.
- a Depression Measure, for evaluating depression severity.
- a Cognitive Impairment Measure, for detecting cognitive impairment.
- a Social Anxiety Scale, for measuring the extent of social anxiety.
- a Digital Wellbeing Assessment, for evaluating the impact of digital device usage on mental health.
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Counter-Example(s):
- Physical Health Measure.
- Biometric Screening.
See: Quality of Life Measure, Psychological Resilience, Well-Being, Intellectual Disability, Addiction Recovery Measure, Mass Hysteria.

References

(Haidt, 2024) ⇒ Jonathan Haidt. (2024). “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” In: Allen Lane. ISBN: 9780241647660.
- NOTE: It investigates the profound impacts of technological and social changes on youth mental health, offering insights into anxiety disorders, depression, addiction, sleep disorders, and social deprivation among adolescents. Drawing on psychological and biological research, as well as ancient wisdom, Haidt provides concrete advice for mitigating these issues, making the book a critical resource for understanding and addressing the mental health crisis facing today's youth.

(Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mental_health Retrieved:2021-11-2.
- Mental health is "a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community", according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Mental health includes subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, intergenerational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others. From the perspectives of positive psychology or holism, mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and to create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how one defines "mental health". Some early signs related health problems are sleep irritation, lack of energy and suicidal thinking.