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History
In the mid-19th century, William Sweetser was the first to coin the term "mental hygiene", which can be seen as the precursor to contemporary approaches to work on promoting positive mental health. Isaac Ray, one of the founders and the fourth president of the American Psychiatric Association, further defined mental hygiene as "the art of preserving the mind against all incidents and influences calculated to deteriorate its qualities, impair its energies, or derange its movements."

Dorothea Dix (1802–1887) was an important figure in the development of "mental hygiene" movement. Dix was a school teacher who endeavored throughout her life to help people with mental disorders, and to bring to light the deplorable conditions into which they were put. This was known as the "mental hygiene movement". Before this movement, it was not uncommon that people affected by mental illness in the 19th century would be considerably neglected, often left alone in deplorable conditions, barely even having sufficient clothing. Dix's efforts were so great that there was a rise in the number of patients in mental health facilities, which sadly resulted in these patients receiving less attention and care, as these institutions were largely understaffed.

Emil Kraepelin in 1896 developed the taxonomy mental disorders which has dominated the field for nearly 80 years. Later the proposed disease model of abnormality was subjected to analysis and considered normality to be relative to the physical, geographical and cultural aspects of the defining group.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Clifford Beers founded the Mental Health America – National Committee for Mental Hygiene after publication of his accounts from lived experience in lunatic asylums "A mind that found itself" in 1908 and opened the first outpatient mental health clinic in the United States.

The mental hygiene movement, related to the social hygiene movement, had at times been associated with advocating eugenics and sterilisation of those considered too mentally deficient to be assisted into productive work and contented family life. In the post-WWII years, references to mental hygiene were gradually replaced by the term 'mental health' due to its positive aspect that evolves from the treatment of illness to preventive and promotive areas of healthcare.

Marie Jahoda, in her book titled Current Concepts of Mental Health(1958) described six major, fundamental categories that can be used to categorize mentally healthy individuals: a positive attitude towards the self, personal growth, integration, autonomy, a true perception of reality, and environmental mastery, which include adaptability and healthy interpersonal relationships.

Sohn.l (talk) 03:30, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Week 5
I am planning to edit the History section on the Mental Health wikipedia article by adding Marie Jahoda and Sheldon Korchin's definitions on mental health. These are important to understanding how mental health has been defined over time in the field of psychology. Korchin's article source that I will primarily be citing: Korchin, S. J. (1976). Modern clinical psychology: Principles of intervention in the clinic and community. Oxford, England: Basic Books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sohn.l (talk • contribs) 03:02, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Unit 2 Notes
I will be editing the History section on the Mental Health wikipedia article primarily using this source, Jahoda, M. (1958). Joint commission on mental health and illness monograph series: Vol. 1. Current concepts of positive mental health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/11258-000 I will be writing about Marie Jahoda's perspective on mental health and the characteristics she uses to define it. Sohn.l (talk) 02:50, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Article Evaluation
The "Mental Health" article on Wikipedia has information that is all related to the topic of mental health, but I felt that most of the focus in defining it was put on emotional mental health. Some sections like the Emotional Improvement section, felt more personal in the way the language was used, rather than strictly informational. Those parts were cited by a reliable source, but it sounded more opinionated and biased in the way the information was conveyed. There are many viewpoints, at least that I am aware of, that could be expanded on more in terms of defining mental health and informing readers about the different characteristics of mental health. All of the sources seem to be relatively current, with none being too outdated. This shows that the topic of mental health and the conversations about it are moving and relevant today. The talk conversations seem to vary widely in subjects, but one common theme might be the debating of definitions regarding certain terms related to mental health. This seems to be an ongoing discussion regarding the topic of mental health, and what factors define and characterize it. Sohn.l (talk) 06:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)