Ran across this definition of mental health, supposedly from the WHO

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2. Function/Dysfunction is classic pathology, not where my concern lies...

My concern is that function related to pathology/illness/wellness, are -personal- qualities which are typically considered independently of socio-economic factors.

An examination of the functional criteria as stated show they are dependent on factors -outside- the individual. I don't mean to argue that departures from mental wellness cannot be exacerbated by socio-economic, or political forces. Certainly, they are.

My concern is that psychiatric/psychological evaluation of personal wellness shouldn't depend upon factors that can be imposed on the person by outside forces/outside context.

As presented, the criteria for defining of an individual's health aren't truly centered on features of that individual but rather are dependent upon society providing the person a functional productive place with community. That's surely important to how communities function, and prehaps even how communities create stresses and triggers of psychiatric conditions, but it doesn't really seem to be a measure of the individual, per se.