mental state vs mental health

mental health vs mental state

mental state and mental health both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental state	Yes	No	No	No
mental health	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental health is a hyponym of mental state; that is, mental health is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental state:

mental state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
mental health: the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment

Other hyponyms of mental state include cognitive state, state of mind, frame of mind, state of mind, aboulia, abulia, anhedonia, depersonalisation, depersonalization, hypnosis, fugue, psychic trauma, trauma, morale, anxiety, anxiousness, hallucinosis, identity crisis, nerves, nervousness, delusion, psychotic belief, mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy, agitation, depression, elation, annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

mental state (noun)	mental health (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment

Difference between mental state and mental health

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