Abstract : Preventive mental health involves anything and everything we can do to limit or reduce the incidence, prevalence, and reoccurrence of mental disorders. Mental health prevention is both personal and societal. There are things we can do to support own mental health and of those close to us.. On a larger scale, organizations and governments work to promote mental health in society as a whole.

Incidence refers to how many people are diagnosed with a mental disorder during a specific time period like a single year.

Prevalence is the percentage of how many people have or had a mental disorder during a specific time period, compared to the population as a whole.

Reoccurrence indicates all those who were previously diagnosed with a disorder, received treatment, and later sought out treatment again for the same disorder.