This report addresses mental health and mental illness in a truly comprehensive way. A thorough review of the scientific literature and of the state of clinical practice went into the report. This is a really good starting point for those interested in better understanding mental health and mental illness. One contribution of the report is that it provides good definitions of mental health and mental illness. Mental illness is the term that refers collectively to all diagnosable mental disorders.
Depression exemplifies a mental disorder largely marked by alterations in mood.
Thus we have a common ground for understanding the issues to follow. The efficacy of mental health treatments is well documented. A range of treatments exists for most mental disorders. Mental disorders are disabling. Mental health and mental illness are points on a continuum.