title: A psychoanalytic view of mental health. Samuel Pepys and his diary.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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