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GCSE Psychology · key term
A person’s psychological and emotional wellbeing, including how they feel about themselves and their ability to cope and function in everyday life.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: Introduction to Mental HealthMental health is a person’s psychological and emotional wellbeing. It includes how they feel about themselves, how they manage difficulties and how well they function in everyday life. Everyone has mental health; the term does not mean that someone has a mental illness.
Paper 1
A person's psychological well-being, including their ability to cope with stress and function in everyday life.
Mental health is not another name for mental illness: everyone has mental health, which can be better or poorer.
Attach the population, date and condition to a statistic: the 20.2% figure concerns common mental health conditions among adults in England in 2023/4, not every mental health problem across the whole UK.
Explain historical change using named examples, such as the 1959 Mental Health Act and the removal of homosexuality from the ICD classification in 1990.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
Mental health concerns psychological well-being: how someone feels, copes with stress and manages everyday life. It is not simply the absence of a diagnosed disorder. Someone without a diagnosis may still struggle, while a person with a diagnosed condition may function well with support.
