Over the last century public health efforts, such as
immunization, safer food practices, public health education and
promotion, improved sanitation, and water purification have been
very successful in eradicating and controlling a host of diseases.
The result has been a dramatic improvement in health and life
expectancy. However, the impact that mental illnesses have on
individuals and society as a whole has largely been overlooked by
the discipline.
This pioneering volume examines the evidence-base for incorporating
mental health into the public health agenda by linking the
available research on population mental health with public mental
health policy and practice. Issues covered in the book include the
influence of health and mental health policies on the care and
well-being of individuals with mental illness, the
interconnectedness of physical and mental disorders, the obstacles
to adopting a public health orientation to mental health/mental
illness, and the potential application of public health models of
intervention.
Setting out a unique and innovative model for integrated public
mental health care, Population Mental Health identifies the tools
and strategies of public health practice surveillance and
screening, early identification, preventive interventions, health
promotion and community action and their application to
twenty-first century public mental health policy and
practice.
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