Deviation from ideal mental health

• What criteria is used to define ideal mental health?

  Jahoda’s criteria (1958)
• What is Jahoda’s (1958) criteria?

  • Self-actualisation
  • Positive view of oneself
  • Autonomy
  • Accurate perception if the world
  • Resistance to stress
• Define deviation from ideal mental health


  Abnormal behaviour is defined by the absence of particular (ideal) characteristics