Mental health promotion: implementing standard one of the national service framework for mental health
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health promotion has a wide range of health and social benefits – improved physical health, increased emotional resilience, greater social inclusion and participation, and higher productivity. It can also contribute to health improvement for people living with mental health problems and to challenging discrimination and increasing understanding of mental health issues. The inclusion of this mental health promotion standard has been significant in recognising its relevance and importance. It has also provided an important opportunity for those working locally to invest in mental health promotion and to develop evidence-based programmes for delivery. This briefing looks at some of the challenges presented by Standard One and what mental health promotion can contribute to both the improvement of services and to the broader public health agenda.
- Subject terms:
- mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, quality of life, social care provision, standards, health education;
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