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Within the context of young offenders, it is interesting to note that there is very little consistency in the definition of ‘mental health': In fact, ‘a review of over 60 national and local education, health and social care documents (policy, strategy and guidance) revealed little consistency within, as well as, across agencies. There were 10 different terms or phrases used to label the positive end of the mental health continuum and 15 to describe the negative' [Joint Commissioning Strategy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Kent, Draft Report, 15th January 2007, p6].
This having been said, it does not seem that the definition of ‘mental health' in this context is particularly contentious. The Kent and Medway Multi Agency CAMHS Strategy Group have provided a working definition which incorporates each of the individual definitions found during their literature review of relevant policy documents: ‘Mental health can be defined as: The ability to develop psychologically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, to initiate, develop and sustain mutually satisfying personal relationships, including the ability to become aware of others and to empathise with them, and the ability to use psychological distress as a developmental process, so that it does not hinder or impair further development' [Joint Commissioning Strategy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Kent, Draft Report, 15th January 2007, p6].

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