PMID- 22654934 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20120823 LR - 20240321 IS - 2051-5545 (Electronic) IS - 1723-8617 (Print) IS - 1723-8617 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Positive mental health: is there a cross-cultural definition? PG - 93-9 AB - SEVEN MODELS FOR CONCEPTUALIZING POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH ARE REVIEWED: mental health as above normal, epitomized by a DSM-IV's Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score of over 80; mental health as the presence of multiple human strengths rather than the absence of weaknesses; mental health conceptualized as maturity; mental health as the dominance of positive emotions; mental health as high socio-emotional intelligence; mental health as subjective well-being; mental health as resilience. Safeguards for the study of mental health are suggested, including the need to define mental health in terms that are culturally sensitive and inclusive, and the need to empirically and longitudinally validate criteria for mental health. FAU - Vaillant, George E AU - Vaillant GE AD - Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 151 Merrimac Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 MH042248/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - Italy TA - World Psychiatry JT - World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) JID - 101189643 PMC - PMC3363378 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Positive mental health OT - coping mechanisms OT - emotional intelligence OT - maturity OT - positive emotions OT - resilience OT - subjective well-being EDAT- 2012/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/02 06:01 PMCR- 2012/06/01 CRDT- 2012/06/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2012/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1016/j.wpsyc.2012.05.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;11(2):93-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wpsyc.2012.05.006.