Global Mental Health : Prevention and Promotion

This international survey defines mental health as a basic human right, and tracks the emergence of mental health prevention and promotion as a global priority. Locating mental illness within a cycle of negative causes and effects affecting human quality of life, the editors identify modern policy barriers to promotion/prevention initiatives, particularly the favoring of the biomedical health model by major stakeholders. The book’s selection of successful programs from diverse countries displays a lifespan approach, emphasizing the centrality of interdisciplinary educational settings in providing primary and secondary prevention and promotion interventions, and the ongoing fight against missing financial investigations, discrimination and stigma. Together, these papers make a forceful argument for rights- based responses to worldwide mental health needs as part of the commitment toward global human rights and long-term development goals. Included in the coverage: · Mental health priorities around the world. · Social determinants of mental health. · Mental health and stigma: aspects of anti-stigma interventions. · Promoting social and emotional wellbeing and responding to mental health problems in schools. · The promotion and delivery of mental health services in primary care settings. · Economic evaluation of mental health promotion and mental illness prevention. Bringing to the fore public health concerns that are too often marginalized, __Global Mental Health__ is necessary reading for health professionals, health and clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, medical sociologists, and policymakers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction to the Book: Global Mental Health: Promotion and Prevention (Sabine Bährer-Kohler)....Pages 1-8 Mental Health Priorities Around the World (Bulent Coskun)....Pages 9-20 Access to Mental Health (Richard Uwakwe, Said Mohammed Jidda, Sabine Bährer-Kohler)....Pages 21-32 Social Determinants of Mental Health (Francisco Javier Carod-Artal)....Pages 33-46 Mental Health and Carers (Lia Fernandes)....Pages 47-60 Mental Health and Stigma (Armen Soghoyan, Khachatur Gasparyan)....Pages 61-69 Mental Health and Stigma—Aspects of Anti-Stigma Interventions (Lars Hansson)....Pages 71-78 Primary Mental Health Prevention—A Public Health Priority Around the World (Olusegun Baiyewu, Bidemi Bello)....Pages 79-88 Mental Health Promotion-Overview (Venu Gopal Jhanwar, Priya Ranjan Avinash)....Pages 89-101 Promotion of Mental Health—Recovery (Michaela Amering)....Pages 103-111 Promoting Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Responding to Mental Health Problems in Schools (Katherine Weare)....Pages 113-125 Universal Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Programs for Students (Colleen S. Conley, Joseph A. Durlak)....Pages 127-139 Promotion of Mental Health: A Gender Perspective (Blanca M. Bolea-Alamanac)....Pages 141-155 Promotion of Mental Health of the Elderly (Aleksandra Milićević Kalašić, Annette Pfeiffer)....Pages 157-171 Mental Health Promotion: How Does Education Contribute? (David K. Conn)....Pages 173-182 The Promotion and Delivery of Mental Health Services in Primary Care Settings (Gary Bailey, Sabine Bährer-Kohler)....Pages 183-192 Community Mental Health and Mental Health Promotion—Lebanon (Brigitte Khoury, Sariah Daouk)....Pages 193-206 Economic Evaluation of Mental Health Promotion and Mental Illness Prevention (Jeroen Luyten, Martin Knapp)....Pages 207-222 Mental Health and Journalism—Chances and Risks (Angelica Hüsser, Michael Schanne)....Pages 223-233 Conclusions (Sabine Bährer-Kohler, Francisco Javier Carod-Artal)....Pages 235-238 Epilog (Margret Föppl-Georg)....Pages 239-240 Back Matter ....Pages 241-243 Annotation This international survey defines mental health as a basic human right, and tracks the emergence of mental health prevention and promotion as a global priority. Locating mental illness within a cycle of negative causes and effects affecting human quality of life, the editors identify modern policy barriers to promotion/prevention initiatives, particularly the favoring of the biomedical health model by major stakeholders. The book's selection of successful programs from diverse countries displays a lifespan approach, emphasizing the centrality of interdisciplinary educational settings in providing primary and secondary prevention and promotion interventions, and the ongoing fight against missing financial investigations, discrimination and stigma. Together, these papers make a forceful argument for rights- based responses to worldwide mental health needs as part of the commitment toward global human rights and long-term development goals. Included in the coverage:- Mental health priorities around the world.- Social determinants of mental health.- Mental health and stigma: aspects of anti-stigma interventions.- Promoting social and emotional wellbeing and responding to mental health problems in schools.- The promotion and delivery of mental health services in primary care settings.- Economic evaluation of mental health promotion and mental illness prevention. Bringing to the fore public health concerns that are too often marginalized, Global Mental Health is necessary reading for health professionals, health and clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, medical sociologists, and policymakers This international survey defines mental health as a basic human right, and tracks the emergence of mental health prevention and promotion as a global priority. Locating mental illness within a cycle of negative causes and effects affecting human quality of life, the editors identify modern policy barriers to promotion/prevention initiatives, particularly the favoring of the biomedical health model by major stakeholders. The book's selection of successful programs from diverse countries displays a lifespan approach, emphasizing the centrality of interdisciplinary educational settings in providing primary and secondary prevention and promotion interventions, and the ongoing fight against missing financial investigations, discrimination and stigma. Together, these papers make a forceful argument for right-based responses to worldwide mental health needs as part of the commitment towards global human rights and long development goals