We examined the structure, reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the Mental Health Continuum‐Short Form (MHC‐SF), a new self‐report questionnaire for positive mental health assessment. This scale also provides a flourishing mental health indicator based on these three subscales. Depending on the internal and external faculties of a person at any time, he can lie at one point of the continuum and shift position as his situation improves or deteriorates. Our continuum of mental health model, inspired by Canada’s The Working Mind, illustrates this idea. 06-Gentile-45639:Gentile Sample.qxd 4/30/2008 7:47 PM Page 601. The MHC-SF is a scale measureing emotional wellbeing. The Mental Health Continuum Model and R2MR Program were originally created by The Department of National Defence. The highest level of mental wellbeing in our continuum is ‘Excelling’. The Department of National Defence Canadian Armed Forces developed the Mental Health Continuum (MHC) model to demonstrate that an individual’s mental health status ranges on a continuum [27]. The MHC-SF has been translated in various languages and has been evaluated psychometrically. The mental health continuum: From languishing to flourishing in life. The scale is relatively short, with 14 items. Description: The Mental Health Continuum Short Form measures emotional (reflects hedonic well-being), social and psychological well-being (when combined, reflect eudemonic well-being) by assessing the frequency with which respondents experience each symptom of positive mental health. For more info about R2MR, email r2mr@mentalhealthcommission.ca Mental Health Continuum Model HEALTHY INJURED ILL Signs and Indicators S Normal mood fluctuations S Calm/confident S Good sense of humour S Takes things in stride S Can concentrate/focus S … Europe’s Journal of Psychology, Online. In epidemiological surveillance of mental health there is good reason to also include scales that measure the presence of well-being rather than merely symptoms of ill health. Description: The Mental Health Continuum Short Form measures emotional (reflects hedonic well-being), social and psychological well-being (when combined, reflect eudemonic well-being) by assessing the frequency with which respondents experience each symptom of positive mental health. Little is known about the use of the MHC-SF with young people engaging with mental health services. Positive Mental Health Scale: Validation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form. The short form of the Mental Health Continuum (MHC-SF) is derived from the long form (MHC-LF), which consisted of seven items measuring emotional well-being, six 3-item scales (or 18 items total) that measured the six dimensions of Ryff’s (1989) model of psychological well-being, and five 3-item scales (or 15 items total) that measure the five dimensions of Keyes’ (1998) model of social well-being. There are distinct markers within the mental health continuum: The Healthy Point The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) was developed to assess overall and emotional, social and psychological well-being. Machado, W. D. L., & Bandeira, D. R. (2015). This model focuses Methods. The five zones of the mental health continuum Excelling. We have created five zones, although there are many shades within each zone. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in the Argentinean Context: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance. Journal of Health and Behavior Research, 43, 207–222. We expected that the MHC‐SF is reliable and valid, and that mental health and mental illness are 2 related but distinct continua. monitor their mental health status regularly, it is import-ant to have a simple tool that is easy to understand and administer. The mental health continuum is a range having mental health and mental illness at the two extreme ends. This scale also provides a flourishing mental health indicator based on these three subscales. The current pilot study sought to examine the performance of the MHC-SF in an Irish primary care youth mental health service for 12–25 year olds. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a self-reported scale to measure emotional, psychological and social well-being and conduct categorical diagnosis of positive mental health. Scale (as measure of mental illness and distress) yielded support for external validity. The scale was developed by Corey L. Keyes. Psico-USF, 20, 259-274.