Abstract

MEBARAK, Moisés; DE CASTRO, Alberto; SALAMANCA, María del Pilar  and  QUINTERO, María Fernanda. Mental health: an approach from the current perspective of health psychology. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2009, n.23, pp.83-112. ISSN 0123-417X.

This article is based on the state of art about the present understanding related to the concept of mental health, especially from the perspective of health psychology. With the purpose of clarifying this field, we present several researches in both, the international context and the Caribbean north cost of Colombia. We found that the concept of mental health implies the development of a lifestyle and personal, interpersonal, social and labor characteristics that point to an integrated notion of the concept of wellbeing. In this way, the concept of mental health overcomes and is not reduced to a mere absence of symptoms.

Keywords : Mental health; health psychology.

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