The community has a very comprehensive definition of mental health. Mental health is defined as the ability of an individual to cope with daily life challenges without any problems. These include abnormal behavioral and emotional challenges that may affect an individual. Mental health is further classified as the totality and connection of an individual’s mind, body, and physical well-being (Womble, 2011). All the above factors must interact for an individual to have mental health. A breakdown of the interaction will always result in abnormal behavioral and emotional problems. Mental health determines how an individual thinks and handles life challenges (Womble, 2011). The same also determines how an individual expresses himself. Mental health is a psychological condition for an individual functioning as expected. The history of mental health could be traced to the early humanitarian reforms that were affected in the late 1960s. The advancements in mental health were evidenced at this time, and the mental health issue was taken seriously. The medical breakthroughs, as well as the theory of psychiatry, reduced the number of hospital stays, and thus, there was an urgent need for community rehabilitation (Varcarolis,2010). The introduction of the reform had a significant impact on promoting mental health. It increased the community healthy mental health services. Since the issue of mental health was very important, there was the introduction of the mental sciences in nursing. Mental health nursing is classified into basic and advanced functions (Womble, 2011). The nurses work with the locals and the families at the basic level function. They plan as well as determine the mental needs. They later make a diagnosis of the disease. This level is also accompanied by the development of health promotion strategies (Koyanagi, 2009). At the advanced function level, the nurses have specialized in psychiatry nursing. They have a lot of familiarity than the common nurses. They can make diagnoses and other functions.