Population Mental Health: Evidence, Policy, and Public Health Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415539715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str.

Neal Cohen;Sandro Galea

Opis

'Population Mental Health' examines the evidence-base for incorporating mental health into the public health agenda by linking the research on population-based mental health with public health policy and practice, and sets out an innovative model for integrated care.

Spis treści

1. Social Policy and Mental Health Care 2.The Burden of Mental Illness Worldwide 3. The New Epidemiology of Mental Illness 4. Social and Environmental Influences on Urban Mental Health 5. Disparities in Mental Health/Mental Illness and Care 6. Socio-cultural Perspectives on Stigma 7. Mental Illness, the Community, and the Law 8. The Quest for Parity in Mental Health Benefits 9. Consumer Rights, Advocacy, and Recovery 10. Young Children 11. Youth 12. Older People 13. Community Violence and Urban Families 14. Homelessness and the Mentally Ill 15. Suicide 16. The Interrelatedness of Physical and Mental Well-Being 17. Preventing Mental Illness and Promoting Mental Health