World Health Organization Publication : Year 2005 ; Issue 9241562943 - in English: Promoting Mental Health Concepts, Emerging, Evidence and Practice

By Helen Herrman

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 2005 ; Issue 9241562943 - in English: Promoting Mental Health Concepts, Emerging, Evidence and Practice
Author:	Helen Herrman
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Excerpt
The World Health Organization (WHO) embraces a definition of health as “physical, mental, and social well-being”. Of these elements, mental well-being historically has been misunderstood and often forgotten. WHO has spent the last five years actively addressing the barriers that prevent access to mental health care and campaigning for the full incorporation of mental health in worldwide public health. Thanks greatly to their hard work, mental health now ranks as a priority within the international health and development agenda. Governments across the world and health professionals across the disciplines are now more aware of the importance of mental health issues to the overall health of individuals, communities, cities, and even entire nations.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Forewords Rosalynn Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III Catherine Le Galès-Camus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIV Key Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVIII Part I: Concepts 1. Introduction: Promoting Mental Health as a Public Health Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Helen Herrman, Shekhar Saxena, Rob Moodie, Lyn Walker What is mental health? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Towards a new public health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A new enthusiasm for promoting mental health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Promoting mental health is an integral part of public health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mental health is more than the absence of mental illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 No health without mental health: mental health and behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Objectives and actions of mental health promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 International collaboration and the role of WHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mental health is everybody’s business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15