Promoting Public Mental Health and Well-being
eBook - ePub

Promoting Public Mental Health and Well-being

Principles into Practice

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Promoting Public Mental Health and Well-being

Principles into Practice

About this book

What causes a person to flourish or languish? Or to be well or ill? How can the mental health and well-being of society as a whole, and individuals, be promoted and enhanced?

This book explores the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental factors that affect mental health and well-being on a societal and individual level, and how prevention and intervention can enhance mental health. Taking a holistic approach to mental health, the book sets out effective strategies, from creating a supportive environment to building personal skills. Three extended case studies demonstrate how principles can be applied in practice in different situations: a specific social problem (suicide); a population group (young Black and minority ethnic groups); and a medically defined problem (people with long term conditions).

The book is a vital resource for strategic planners (including commissioners) working to promote mental health and wellbeing at a population level, as well as operational services delivering to specific individuals and groups. It addresses the role of generic service providers as well as being essential reading for mental health and public health students.

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Yes, you can access Promoting Public Mental Health and Well-being by Catherine J. Mackereth, Jean S. Brown, Alyson M. Learmonth in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Psychiatry & Mental Health. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Of Related Interest
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by John R. Ashton
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction What creates mental health and well-being?
  9. Chapter 1 Measuring outcomes related to mental health and well-being: What do we want to achieve?
  10. Chapter 2 What affects mental health and well-being? The wider social, cultural and physical environment
  11. Chapter 3 What affects mental health and well-being? Individual social, cultural and physical circumstances
  12. Chapter 4 What affects mental health and well-being? Individual life stage and personal behaviours
  13. Chapter 5 How can we develop mental health and well-being strategically?
  14. Chapter 6 How can we develop mental health and well-being operationally?
  15. Chapter 7 Extended case study: Prevention of suicide and self-harm
  16. Chapter 8 Extended case study: Improving mental health and well-being among young Black and Minority Ethnic groups
  17. Chapter 9 Extended case study: Improving mental health and well-being in people with long-term conditions
  18. Conclusion A whole system for public mental health
  19. References
  20. Subject Index
  21. Author Index
  22. Also available