Abstract
Aiming at the limitations of traditional mental health model, the dual-factor model of mental health (DFM) was proposed as a new idea under the background of positive psychology trend. According to the DFM, mental health is a complete state; subjective well-being should be included into the mental health evaluation system as a positive indictor; in terms of prevention and intervention, the DFM asserted that the decrease of symptoms is only the first step of intervention, and the improvement of subjective well-being should be followed, in order to achieve the complete mental health states and reduce the recurrence of illness. Finally, this paper put forward evaluation on DFM and its future research directions.
Highlights
There has been the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), DSM-IV, issued by American Psychiatric Association since all countries are paying increasing attentions to human being’s mental health
The Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health (DFM) is a new mental health concept and methodology that is made based on positive psychological concepts and relevant empirical evidences to solve the deficiency in traditional mental health models
The research into mental health is restricted in the psychopathology and focuses on mental disorder (Keyes, 2007; Doll, 2008) and neglects the patient’s capacity of self-restoration and self-upgrade (Carr, 2008)
Summary
There has been the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), DSM-IV, issued by American Psychiatric Association since all countries are paying increasing attentions to human being’s mental health. We should reflect the traditional mental health model and strive to find a new and scientific mental health model with high effectiveness and efficiency. The Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health (DFM) is a new mental health concept and methodology that is made based on positive psychological concepts and relevant empirical evidences to solve the deficiency in traditional mental health models. Many scholars have proposed DFM, and have conducted the relevant empirical research, systematic illustration is not available. The present article tries to, based on previous work on DFM, systematically illustrates the background, basic opinions and the relevant empirical research of DFM; briefly introduces the contributions of DFM; and focuses on criticizing the deficiencies and further research directions of DFM
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