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Mental Health Promotion
International Encyclopedia of Public Health, 2017Co-Authors: Helen Herrman, Rob Moodie, Shekhar Saxena, Takashi Izutsu, Atsuro TsutsumiAbstract:Mental Health is a set of positive attributes intrinsic to the Health of individuals and communities. Poor Mental Health is associated with relative social disadvantage in whole populations and vulnerable subgroups. Adverse conditions such as poverty, discrimination, and violence have a powerful influence on Mental Health in high- and low-income countries. Conversely, Mental Health is linked with human, social, and economic development. Mental Health Promotion is integral to the new public Health and Health Promotion. Evidence is available on the effectiveness of public Health and social interventions for enhancing the Mental Health of populations in locally devised and culturally appropriate ways.
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the status of Mental Health Promotion
Public health reviews, 2012Co-Authors: Helen Herrman, Eva JanellopisAbstract:Mental Health is a state of wellbeing in which a person can use his or her own abilities and cope with the normal stresses of life. Mental Health has a central place in global public Health and public Health in all countries. Poor Mental Health is associated with social inequality and social disconnection. Good Mental Health contributes to human, social and economic development. There are strong interconnections between Mental and physical Health and behaviour. Concepts closely related to Mental Health include wellbeing, a broader concept, and resilience. Resilience is a dynamic concept referring to a person’s ability to maintain or regain Health after exposure to adversity. Mental Health and resilience both depend on interactions between personal characteristics and social factors such as safety and access to education and work. Health promoting actions support people to adopt Healthy ways of life and create living conditions and environments conducive to Health. Improving the Mental Health of a population requires a comprehensive approach to promoting Mental Health alongside prevention and treatment of Mental ill Health. Actions that promote Mental Health and prevent Mental illnesses may overlap. The field of Mental Health Promotion is evolving rapidly. Several countries are introducing evidence-based and cross-government policies and programs to promote wellbeing. Evidence is emerging on the cost-effectiveness of a number of these interventions; in parenting, schools, workplaces, older age, and other social support domains. Experience is growing on the development of partnerships and implementation in countries, the links between Mental Health and human rights, and the need for Mental Health Promotion in low-income countries and in disaster situations and other emergencies. Continuing innovation, adaptation and evaluation of programs is now required, especially in low-income countries, to integrate Mental Health Promotion in the public Health agenda of countries worldwide.
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Mental Health Promotion in the internet age a consultation with australian young people to inform the design of an online mindfulness training programme
Health Promotion International, 2012Co-Authors: Kaveh Monshat, Dianne Vellabrodrick, Jane Burns, Helen HerrmanAbstract:Mindfulness training (MT) has been shown to lead to significant improvements in psychological distress and emotion regulation skills. The Internet has many advantages as a medium for building emotional skills in young people. The aim of this study was to involve young people in designing an online MT programme. A draft programme was initially designed based on a review of the literature and an established face-to-face programme for medical students. Twenty young people were then recruited through online advertising and 13 (age 16-26) interviewed. They were asked to comment on how useful, easy to use and enjoyable they found the proposed programme and how the draft version and its planned evaluation strategy could be improved. Interviewee responses were independently processed by two of the authors within a qualitative thematic analysis paradigm. The results showed that young people were eager to engage with the design of this Health Promotion programme and provided valuable input. All interviewees believed that young people would find the programme desirable. They provided a variety of suggestions about how training structure and content could be improved, how best it could be evaluated and how young people could be encouraged to engage with and complete the programme. It thus appears that online MT is a feasible Mental Health Promotion strategy for young people and that it can be evaluated in a controlled trial. The result of this consultation process was the Mindful Awareness Training and Education (MATE) programme, which has been detailed.
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empowerment of women and Mental Health Promotion a qualitative study in rural maharashtra india
BMC Public Health, 2007Co-Authors: Michelle Kermode, Helen Herrman, Rajanikant Arole, Joshua White, Ramaswamy Premkumar, Vikram PatelAbstract:Background: The global burden of Mental illness is high and opportunities for promoting Mental Health are neglected in most parts of the world. Many people affected by Mental illness live in developing countries, where treatment and care options are limited. In this context, primary Health care (PHC) programs can indirectly promote Mental Health by addressing its determinants i.e. by enhancing social unity, minimising discrimination and generating income opportunities. The objectives of this study were to: 1. Describe concepts of Mental Health and beliefs about determinants of Mental Health and illness among women involved with a PHC project in rural Maharashtra, India; 2. Identify perceived Mental Health problems in this community, specifically depression, suicide and violence, their perceived causes, and existing and potential community strategies to respond to them and; 3. Investigate the impact of the PHC program on individual and community factors associated with Mental Health Method: We undertook qualitative in-depth interviews with 32 women associated with the PHC project regarding: their concepts of Mental Health and its determinants; suicide, depression and violence; and the perceived impact of the PHC project on the determinants of Mental Health. The interviews were taped, transcribed, translated and thematically analysed. Results: Mental Health and illness were understood by these women to be the product of cultural and socio-economic factors. Mental Health was commonly conceptualised as an absence of stress and the commonest stressors were conflict with husbands and mother-in-laws, domestic violence and poverty. Links between empowerment of women through income generation and education, reduction of discrimination based on caste and sex, and Promotion of individual and community Mental Health were recognised. However, Mental Health problems such as suicide and violence were well-described by participants. Conclusion: While it is essential that affordable, accessible, appropriate treatments and systems of referral and care are available for people with Mental illness in developing country settings, the Promotion of Mental Health by addressing its determinants is another potential strategy for reducing the burden of Mental illness for individuals and communities in these settings.
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Mental Health Promotion in public Health
Promotion & Education, 2005Co-Authors: Helen Herrman, Eva JanellopisAbstract:La sante Mentale est un etat de bien-etre dans lequel la personne peut se realiser, faire face aux tensions normales de la vie, accomplir un travail productif et fructueux et contribuer a la vie de sa communaute (OMS, 2001a). Tout comme la sante, la sante Mentale est determinee par des facteurs et des experiences individuels, l'interaction sociale, les structures et les ressources de la societe et des valeurs culturelles. Des determinants importants de la sante tels que la pauvrete, le chomage ou l'exclusion sociale influent a la fois sur la sante physique et Mentale. La sante Mentale est donc intimement liee a la sante physique et aux comportements car la sante ne consiste pas seulement en une absence de maladie ou d'infirmite, mais plutot en un etat de complet bien-etre physique, Mental et social (OMS, 2001). Les liens entre la sante physique et la sante Mentale vont dans les deux sens. La mauvaise sante physique nuit a la sante Mentale, tout comme la mauvaise sante Mentale altere la sante physique d'un individu. Ainsi, la malnutrition des enfants en bas âge peut accroitre les risques de deficiences cognitives et motrices. De meme, on sait que la vulnerabilite et la depression sont associees a la diminution de l'activite immunologique et a l'augmentation du risque de developper des tumeurs et infections. Dans ce contexte, la Promotion de la sante Mentale fait partie integrante de la Promotion de la sante et de la sante publique. Les rapports entre sante physique et Mentale signifient que l'elaboration et la mise en oeuvre des politiques et interventions de Promotion de la sante vont avoir des resultats multiples sur la sante. Ainsi, des interventions qui favorisent un debut de vie sain et l'amelioration du poids a la naissance ont apporte de multiples bienfaits, parmi lesquels une bonne sante physique et Mentale et ses consequences sociales et economiques. Il est suggere dans l'article, qu'en general, les interventions qui visent a augmenter la resilience et encourage la participation communautaire chez ceux dont la sante est determinee par des facteurs defavorables, vont souvent ameliorer la sante physique et Mentale et reduire la vulnerabilite aux troubles mentaux. Cet article presente une definition de la sante Mentale et etablit une distinction entre strategies de prevention et de Promotion, toutes etant decrites comme faisant partie integrante de la sante publique. Les auteurs argumentent en faveur de l'integration des activites de Promotion de la sante Mentale a celles de la Promotion de la sante, mais preconisent une mobilisation distincte en faveur de la sante Mentale.
Margaret M Barry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a systematic concept analysis of Mental Health Promotion
The international journal of mental health promotion, 2016Co-Authors: Nina Tamminen, Margaret M Barry, Pia Solin, Lasse Kannas, Eija Stengard, Tarja KettunenAbstract:AbstractThis study explored and clarified the nature and characteristics of the concept of Mental Health Promotion. The study also investigated how these characteristics appear in current policies and strategies. A total of 30 scientific articles and policy documents were identified and analysed using Rodgers’s systematic evolutionary concept analysis method. The analysis provided valuable information on the attributes, related concepts, antecedents, consequences and references of Mental Health Promotion, indicating that the concept is a distinct concept comprising a unique set of attributes and characteristics. A concept mapping of Mental Health Promotion was subsequently developed. The analysis and the concept mapping provide Health professionals, policy-makers and researchers with a framework, upon which well-grounded Mental Health Promotion practice and evaluation research can be based.
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A Systematic Review of Online Youth Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Interventions
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2015Co-Authors: Aleisha M. Clarke, Tuuli Kuosmanen, Margaret M BarryAbstract:The rapid growth in the use of online technologies among youth provides an opportunity to increase access to evidence-based Mental Health resources. The aim of this systematic review is to provide a narrative synthesis of the evidence on the effectiveness of online Mental Health Promotion and prevention interventions for youth aged 12–25 years. Searching a range of electronic databases, 28 studies conducted since 2000 were identified. Eight studies evaluating six Mental Health Promotion interventions and 20 studies evaluating 15 prevention interventions were reviewed. The results from the Mental Health Promotion interventions indicate that there is some evidence that skills-based interventions presented in a module-based format can have a significant impact on adolescent Mental Health, however, an insufficient number of studies limits this finding. The results from the online prevention interventions indicate the significant positive effect of computerized cognitive behavioral therapy on adolescents’ and emerging adults’ anxiety and depression symptoms. The rates of non-completion were moderate to high across a number of studies. Implementation findings provide some evidence that participant face-to-face and/or web-based support was an important feature in terms of program completion and outcomes. Additional research examining factors affecting exposure, adherence and outcomes is required. The quality of evidence across the studies varied significantly, thus highlighting the need for more rigorous, higher quality evaluations conducted with more diverse samples of youth. Although future research is warranted, this study highlights the potential of online Mental Health Promotion and prevention interventions in promoting youth wellbeing and reducing Mental Health problems.
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a systematic review of the effectiveness of Mental Health Promotion interventions for young people in low and middle income countries
BMC Public Health, 2013Co-Authors: Margaret M Barry, Aleisha M. Clarke, Rachel Jenkins, Vikram PatelAbstract:Background: This systematic review provides a narrative synthesis of the evidence on the effectiveness of Mental Health Promotion interventions for young people in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Commissioned by the WHO, a review of the evidence for Mental Health Promotion interventions across the lifespan from early years to adulthood was conducted. This paper reports on the findings for interventions promoting the positive Mental Health of young people (aged 6–18 years) in school and community-based settings. Methods: Searching a range of electronic databases, 22 studies employing RCTs (N = 11) and quasi-experiMental designs conducted in LMICs since 2000 were identified. Fourteen studies of school-based interventions implemented in eight LMICs were reviewed; seven of which included interventions for children living in areas of armed conflict and six interventions of multicomponent lifeskills and resilience training. Eight studies evaluating out-of-school community interventions for adolescents were identified in five countries. Using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) criteria, two reviewers independently assessed the quality of the evidence. Results: The findings from the majority of the school-based interventions are strong. Structured universal interventions for children living in conflict areas indicate generally significant positive effects on students’ emotional and behavioural wellbeing, including improved self-esteem and coping skills. However, mixed results were also reported, including differential effects for gender and age groups, and two studies reported nonsignficant findings. The majority of the school-based lifeskills and resilience programmes received a moderate quality rating, with findings indicating positive effects on students’ self-esteem, motivation and self-efficacy. The quality of evidence from the community-based interventions for adolescents was moderate to strong with promising findings concerning the potential of multicomponent interventions to impact on youth Mental Health and social wellbeing. Conclusions: The review findings indicate that interventions promoting the Mental Health of young people can be implemented effectively in LMIC school and community settings with moderate to strong evidence of their impact on both positive and negative Mental Health outcomes. There is a paucity of evidence relating to interventions for younger children in LMIC primary schools. Evidence for the scaling up and sustainability of Mental Health Promotion interventions in LMICs needs to be strengthened.
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Implementing Mental Health Promotion
2007Co-Authors: Margaret M Barry, Rachel Jenkins, Maurice B. MittelmarkAbstract:Foreword. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Mental Health Promotion. Chapter 2 - Implementing Mental Health Promotion Programmes: A Generic Template for Action. Chapter 3 - Community Mental Health Promotion. Chapter 4 - Mental Health Promotion in the Home for Children and Families. Chapter 5 - Mental Health Promotion in Schools. Chapter 6 - Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace. Chapter 7 - Mental Health Promotion in Primary Health Care. Chapter 8 - Mental Health Promotion in the Mental Health Services. Index.
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Mental Health Promotion works a review
Promotion & Education, 2005Co-Authors: Eva Janellopis, Margaret M Barry, Clemens M H Hosman, Vikram PatelAbstract:Positive Mental Health is a value in its own right; it contributes to the individual’s well-being and quality of life; and also contributes to society and the economy by increasing social functioning and social capital. Positive Mental Health refers to human qualities and life skills such as cognitive functioning, positive self-esteem, social and problem solving skills, the ability to manage major changes and stresses in life and to influence the social environment, the ability to work productively and fruitfully and to make contributions to the community, and a
Vikram Patel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a systematic review of the effectiveness of Mental Health Promotion interventions for young people in low and middle income countries
BMC Public Health, 2013Co-Authors: Margaret M Barry, Aleisha M. Clarke, Rachel Jenkins, Vikram PatelAbstract:Background: This systematic review provides a narrative synthesis of the evidence on the effectiveness of Mental Health Promotion interventions for young people in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Commissioned by the WHO, a review of the evidence for Mental Health Promotion interventions across the lifespan from early years to adulthood was conducted. This paper reports on the findings for interventions promoting the positive Mental Health of young people (aged 6–18 years) in school and community-based settings. Methods: Searching a range of electronic databases, 22 studies employing RCTs (N = 11) and quasi-experiMental designs conducted in LMICs since 2000 were identified. Fourteen studies of school-based interventions implemented in eight LMICs were reviewed; seven of which included interventions for children living in areas of armed conflict and six interventions of multicomponent lifeskills and resilience training. Eight studies evaluating out-of-school community interventions for adolescents were identified in five countries. Using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) criteria, two reviewers independently assessed the quality of the evidence. Results: The findings from the majority of the school-based interventions are strong. Structured universal interventions for children living in conflict areas indicate generally significant positive effects on students’ emotional and behavioural wellbeing, including improved self-esteem and coping skills. However, mixed results were also reported, including differential effects for gender and age groups, and two studies reported nonsignficant findings. The majority of the school-based lifeskills and resilience programmes received a moderate quality rating, with findings indicating positive effects on students’ self-esteem, motivation and self-efficacy. The quality of evidence from the community-based interventions for adolescents was moderate to strong with promising findings concerning the potential of multicomponent interventions to impact on youth Mental Health and social wellbeing. Conclusions: The review findings indicate that interventions promoting the Mental Health of young people can be implemented effectively in LMIC school and community settings with moderate to strong evidence of their impact on both positive and negative Mental Health outcomes. There is a paucity of evidence relating to interventions for younger children in LMIC primary schools. Evidence for the scaling up and sustainability of Mental Health Promotion interventions in LMICs needs to be strengthened.
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empowerment of women and Mental Health Promotion a qualitative study in rural maharashtra india
BMC Public Health, 2007Co-Authors: Michelle Kermode, Helen Herrman, Rajanikant Arole, Joshua White, Ramaswamy Premkumar, Vikram PatelAbstract:Background: The global burden of Mental illness is high and opportunities for promoting Mental Health are neglected in most parts of the world. Many people affected by Mental illness live in developing countries, where treatment and care options are limited. In this context, primary Health care (PHC) programs can indirectly promote Mental Health by addressing its determinants i.e. by enhancing social unity, minimising discrimination and generating income opportunities. The objectives of this study were to: 1. Describe concepts of Mental Health and beliefs about determinants of Mental Health and illness among women involved with a PHC project in rural Maharashtra, India; 2. Identify perceived Mental Health problems in this community, specifically depression, suicide and violence, their perceived causes, and existing and potential community strategies to respond to them and; 3. Investigate the impact of the PHC program on individual and community factors associated with Mental Health Method: We undertook qualitative in-depth interviews with 32 women associated with the PHC project regarding: their concepts of Mental Health and its determinants; suicide, depression and violence; and the perceived impact of the PHC project on the determinants of Mental Health. The interviews were taped, transcribed, translated and thematically analysed. Results: Mental Health and illness were understood by these women to be the product of cultural and socio-economic factors. Mental Health was commonly conceptualised as an absence of stress and the commonest stressors were conflict with husbands and mother-in-laws, domestic violence and poverty. Links between empowerment of women through income generation and education, reduction of discrimination based on caste and sex, and Promotion of individual and community Mental Health were recognised. However, Mental Health problems such as suicide and violence were well-described by participants. Conclusion: While it is essential that affordable, accessible, appropriate treatments and systems of referral and care are available for people with Mental illness in developing country settings, the Promotion of Mental Health by addressing its determinants is another potential strategy for reducing the burden of Mental illness for individuals and communities in these settings.
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Mental Health Promotion works a review
Promotion & Education, 2005Co-Authors: Eva Janellopis, Margaret M Barry, Clemens M H Hosman, Vikram PatelAbstract:Positive Mental Health is a value in its own right; it contributes to the individual’s well-being and quality of life; and also contributes to society and the economy by increasing social functioning and social capital. Positive Mental Health refers to human qualities and life skills such as cognitive functioning, positive self-esteem, social and problem solving skills, the ability to manage major changes and stresses in life and to influence the social environment, the ability to work productively and fruitfully and to make contributions to the community, and a
Srividya N Iyer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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examining partnerships within an international knowledge translation network focused on youth Mental Health Promotion
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020Co-Authors: Tanya Halsall, Ian Manion, Joanna Henderson, Paula Robeson, Rosemary Purcell, P Liversidge, Srividya N IyerAbstract:Systems transformation for Health Promotion, involving engagement from multiple disciplines and levels of influence, requires an investment in partnership development. Integrated youth service is a collaborative model that brings organisations together to provide holistic care for youth. Frayme is an international knowledge translation network designed to support the uptake and scaling of integrated youth service. Social network analysis (SNA) is the study of relationships among social units and is useful to better understand how partners collaborate within a network to achieve major objectives. The purpose of this paper is to apply SNA to the Frayme network in order to (1) examine the level and strength of partnerships, (2) identify the strategies being employed to promote the main objectives and (3) apply the findings to current research in youth Mental Health and system transformation. The PARTNER tool includes a validated survey and analysis software designed to examine partner interconnections. This tool was used to perform the SNA and 51 of the 75 partners completed the survey (14 researchers, 2 advisory groups and 35 organisations). A network map was created and descriptive frequencies were calculated. The overall network scores for the Frayme network were 20.6% for density, 81.5% for centralisation and 71.7% for overall trust. The Frayme secretariat received a 3.84 out of a possible 4 for value. In addition, the youth and family advisories each received a value score of 4 and all Leadership Team organisations received a score of 2.97 or above. The Frayme secretariat links many partners who would otherwise be disconnected and acts as a significant conduit for novel information. Frayme may have the opportunity to enhance value perceptions among broader network members by profiling individual organisations and the potential leveraging opportunities that might exist through their work. These findings increase understanding with respect to the mechanisms of network development and will be helpful to inform partnership development in the future. In addition, they contribute to the literature with respect to knowledge translation practice as well as the scaling of collaborative interventions within youth Mental Health.
Ulrich Reininghaus - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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evidence synthesis of digital interventions to mitigate the negative impact of the covid 19 pandemic on public Mental Health rapid meta review
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021Co-Authors: Christian Rauschenberg, Anita Schick, Dusan Hirjak, Andreas Seidler, Isabell Paetzold, Christian Apfelbacher, Steffi G Riedelheller, Ulrich ReininghausAbstract:Background: Accumulating evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on public Mental Health. Digital interventions that have been developed and evaluated in recent years may be used to mitigate the negative consequences of the pandemic. However, evidence-based recommendations on the use of existing telemedicine and internet-based (eHealth) and app-based mobile Health (mHealth) interventions are lacking. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the theoretical and empirical base, user perspective, safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of digital interventions related to public Mental Health provision (ie, Mental Health Promotion, prevention, and treatment of Mental disorders) that may help to reduce the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A rapid meta-review was conducted. The MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and CENTRAL databases were searched on May 11, 2020. Study inclusion criteria were broad and considered systematic reviews and meta-analyses that investigated digital tools for Health Promotion, prevention, or treatment of Mental Health conditions and determinants likely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Overall, 815 peer-reviewed systematic reviews and meta-analyses were identified, of which 83 met the inclusion criteria. Our findings suggest that there is good evidence on the usability, safety, acceptance/satisfaction, and effectiveness of eHealth interventions. Evidence on mHealth apps is promising, especially if social components (eg, blended care) and strategies to promote adherence are incorporated. Although most digital interventions focus on the prevention or treatment of Mental disorders, there is some evidence on Mental Health Promotion. However, evidence on process quality, cost-effectiveness, and long-term effects is very limited. Conclusions: There is evidence that digital interventions are particularly suited to mitigating psychosocial consequences at the population level. In times of physical distancing, quarantine, and restrictions on social contacts, decision makers should develop digital strategies for continued Mental Health care and invest time and efforts in the development and implementation of Mental Health Promotion and prevention programs.