Interview with Donna Sabella, contributing editor and author of the Mental Health Matters column, “Where’s the Health in Mental Health?” (April 2013)

People with mental health issues are often labeled as mentally ill even though they may be functional and even successful in other areas. Author Sabella and AJN editor in chief Shawn Kennedy discuss how our view of mental illness focuses on definitions of pathology (which can change over time) and tends to be limiting in a holistic view of human reactions.