A psychoanalytic view of mental health. Samuel Pepys and his diary.
It has been difficult to illustrate specific criteria for mental health, largely because of the lack of adequately documented examples. The Diary of Samuel Pepys is a unique soure of data about a man who was not only exceptionally interesting, but was relatively healthy as well.
D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004325:Dreams; D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D049670:History, 17th Century; D008603:Mental Health; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012924:Social Conditions