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Mental well-being is being used as an outcome measure in mental health services. The recent Chief Medical Officer's (CMO's) report raised questions about mental well-being in people with mental illness, including how to measure it. We discuss whether mental well-being has prognostic significance or other utility in this context.

Original publication

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158329

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Psychiatry

Publication Date

09/2015

Volume

207

Pages

195 - 197

Keywords

Adult, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales