Moreover, the manifestations of mental disorders vary with age, gender, race, and culture.

Mental health is a term used to describe either a level of cognitive or emotional wellbeing or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, procure a balance between life activit

An example of a wellness model includes one developed by Myers, Sweeny and Witmer. It includes five life tasks - essence or spirituality, work and leisure, friendship, love and self-direction-and twelve sub tasks-sense of worth, sense of control, realistic beliefs, emotional awareness and coping, problem solving and creativity, sense of humor, nutrition, exercise, self care, stress management, gender identity, and cultural identity-are identified as characteristics of healthy functioning and a major component of wellness.