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Mental health improvement: evidence based messages to promote mental wellbeing
- Authors:
- FRIEDLI Lynne, et al
- Publisher:
- NHS Health Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 85p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report was commissioned by NHS Health Scotland to assess the strength of the evidence for mental health improvement messages and to establish the views of the public and professionals on what are sometimes referred to as ‘positive steps’ for mental health. These include: keeping physically active, eating well, drinking in moderation, learning new skills, creativity, spirituality, relaxing, valuing yourself and others, talking about your feelings, social networks, caring, making a contribution and asking for help. The findings presented in this report are drawn from a review of the literature on the effectiveness of mental health improvement messages, qualitative research, including grey literature, from campaigns and other initiatives to promote mental health messages, an online survey and telephone interviews with BT employees, one to one telephone interviews with colleagues in Scotland and the rest of the UK with experience of mental health improvement in a range of settings, and feedback from practitioners at a consultation seminar held in Edinburgh to discuss emerging findings. Findings from the review show that, although the quality and quantity of studies vary, overall there is good evidence to support the effectiveness of positive steps messages for the promotion of positive mental health, the prevention of some mental health problems and for improving quality of life for people living with mental health problems.
Promoting mental health and preventing mental illness: the economic case for investment in Wales
- Authors:
- FRIEDLI Lynne, PARSONAGE Michael
- Publisher:
- All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report highlights how mental illnesses can often occur early in life and persist throughout adulthood. It recommends early interventions such as supporting parents and children in their early years, and support for lifelong learning, improving working lives and investing in positive steps for mental health are also recommended. This report estimates the overall cost of mental health problems in Wales at £7.2 billion a year. This total includes the cost of health and social care provided for people with mental health problems, the costs of output losses in the Welsh economy are included, and an estimate of the human costs of mental health problems representing their impact on quality of life. This report recommends investment in mental health promotion against a provisional list of value for money programmes, and includes supporting parents and early years parenting skills, training/pre-school education/home learning environment, supporting lifelong learning, health promoting schools and continuing education, improving working lives such as employment/workplace, positive steps for mental health like lifestyle (diet, exercise, sensible drinking) and social support, and supporting communities via environmental improvements. These areas of intervention appear to offer the most favourable balance of effectiveness, scale of potential benefit and likely cost of implementation. These demonstrate that all sectors have a role to play in improving mental health; the need for interventions that involve individuals and communities and those that tackle structural barriers to mental health and wellbeing.
Social prescribing for mental health: briefing paper
- Authors:
- FRIEDLI Lynne, WATSON Stuart
- Publisher:
- Northern Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Durham
Social prescribing is a mechanism for linking patients in primary care with community servivces and care. This report aims to demonstrate opportunities for linking mental health promotion to the broader public health and regeneration agenda, and, extending the commitment to mental health promotion across the system. There is a need to make the case for the added value of mental health promotion to the Modernisation Boards within the NHS, and to a wide variety of other stakeholders. It will require a strategic approach with local authority responsibility for economic and social wellbeing, and the increase in education about citizenship.