Lamers Sanne. Positive mental health: Measurement, relevance and implications

Enschede: University of Twente, 2012. — 190 p. — ISBN: 978-90-365-3370-6.Mental health is studied from a positive perspective. The book starts with a short introduction to the medical model, which results from the professionalization of the discipline of psychology. Mental health is not merely the absence of mental illness, but it also includes the presence of positive feelings (emotional well-being) and positive functioning in individual life (psychological well-being) and community life (social well-being).General introduction
Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF)
Longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF): Measurement invariance across demographics, physical illness, and mental illness
Mental health and illness in relation to physical health across the lifespan
Differential relationships in the association of the Big Five personality traits with positive mental health and psychopathology
The impact of emotional well-being on long-term recovery and survival in physical illness: A meta-analysis
Reciprocal impact of positive mental health and psychopathology: Findings from a longitudinal representative panel study
General discussion