Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives - Edited by Lee Knifton &amp; Neil Quinn, Open University Press, 2013, £24.99, pb, 264 pp. ISBN: 9780335244898

Oyinlola Oyebode

doi:10.1192/pb.bp.113.045484

Abstract

Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives Edited by Lee Knifton & Neil Quinn Open University Press, 2013, £24.99, pb, 264 pp. ISBN: 9780335244898 This book aims to give an overview of the key issues in public mental health. It is timely as many populations are suffering the depressing

Highlights

This book aims to give an overview of the key issues in public mental health
The book is structured in four parts examining the promotion of mental health and well-being; the prevention of mental health problems; enhancing the lives of people with mental health problems; and bringing these three lines of action together to explore public mental health at each life stage
Do not expect to be convinced of one specific set of actions which must be taken to improve public mental health; instead, the book encourages reflection on the variety of possible approaches, allowing the reader to consider these viewpoints and make their own informed decision about what they might champion in their own area

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Introduction

This book aims to give an overview of the key issues in public mental health. It is timely as many populations are suffering the depressing consequences of the economic downturn, interest in mental health and well-being by policy makers is increasing, and the recent World Health Organization’s Mental Health Action Plan moves this issue to the top of the health agenda. This book aims to give an overview of the key issues in public mental health. The book is structured in four parts examining the promotion of mental health and well-being; the prevention of mental health problems; enhancing the lives of people with mental health problems; and bringing these three lines of action together to explore public mental health at each life stage.

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