045 - Dr Matthew Iasiello

LIVE from SPSP: A taxonomy and item bank of positive mental health

Dr Matthew Iasiello's live presentation from the 2025 Society for Personality and Social Psychology

We agree mental health is more than the absence of mental illness... but what is it?

It was an honour to give an invited talk at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention in Denver last week. I spoke about our efforts at ⁠Be Well Co⁠ to develop a taxonomy of positive mental health, across a series of three studies. .

There was lots of positive feedback for the work, with senior academics acknowledging the 'messiness' but importance of this endeavour. And as always, it was great to meet like-minded people doing important work from around the world .