Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland (NI), this report undertakes a review of the current mental health promotion and suicide prevention strategies in NI. Specifically it aims to: consider progress achieved against the recommendations within the existing strategies; to identify the actions within the existing Mental Health Promotion Strategy 03-08 that will need to be carried forward to a new strategy; to highlight gaps that will need to be addressed in a new strategy; to review the relevant international research and advise on its transferability to the NI situation; to consider approaches to building resilience at both an individual and community level; to investigate the development of population metrics to measure improvement in mental health levels; to provide advice and direction to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) to assist with the development of a new mental health and emotional wellbeing strategy.
Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland (NI), this report undertakes a review of the current mental health promotion and suicide prevention strategies in NI. Specifically it aims to: consider progress achieved against the recommendations within the existing strategies; to identify the actions within the existing Mental Health Promotion Strategy 03-08 that will need to be carried forward to a new strategy; to highlight gaps that will need to be addressed in a new strategy; to review the relevant international research and advise on its transferability to the NI situation; to consider approaches to building resilience at both an individual and community level; to investigate the development of population metrics to measure improvement in mental health levels; to provide advice and direction to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) to assist with the development of a new mental health and emotional wellbeing strategy.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, older people, prevention, public health, resilience, suicide, wellbeing, young people, communities, health education;
Describes life for patients and staff at five inner-city general practitioners in Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow and London.
Describes life for patients and staff at five inner-city general practitioners in Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow and London.
Subject terms:
Judaism, mental health, mental health problems, older people, patients, staff, urban areas, women, black and minority ethnic people, communities, drug misuse, general practitioners, health care, health needs;