The Contribution of Alfred Adler to Mental Health
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The conception of Mental Health is not easy to define although in practice there is a large common measure of agreement among investigators and practitioners in its ever-widening field of endeavour. Some regard it as a state of satisfactory balance between conscious judgment and unconscious drives, motives and desires; others as a readiness to fit into the environment and accept the responsibilities involved. But few to-day would disagree with the suggestion that Mental Health involves fitness for life.
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