Lets Hang on to Mental Health : Why We Need To Prevent Mental Distress
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Let's Hang on to Mental Health: Why We Need To Prevent Mental Distress - Kindle edition by Anne Brocklesby. Download it once and read it on your Kindle. Let's Hang on to Mental Health by Anne Brocklesby ISBN 1 7 . This book is an attempt to help us all prevent the onset of mental distress. I have written it with the benefit of hindsight, because I have been through a ' nervous.
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However, the vast majority will not. The mental health Gap Action Programme mhGAP has produced evidence based guidance for non-specialists to enable them to better identify and manage a range of priority mental health conditions. Feedback If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us. Particular emphasis is given in the Action Plan to the protection and promotion of human rights, the strengthening and empowering of civil society and to the central place of community-based care. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. But what I was looking for and maybe no such thing exists because I certainly could not find it was a statement of how to cope with mental health promotion and the services required to prevent mental distress.
AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally. The other problem is that there is no other document which the local trust produces that tells me about their policy. So, with credit to the trust, I will quote various points made in their report. What I also liked about their work is that they referenced their sources of information; it therefore provided a useful background to the problem.
Other people who experience difficulties in their lives can be treated by their local general practitioners. For example, my psychiatrist would write follow up letters to my GP stating my condition and how I was being medically treated, and would send a CC to me too. Also, I know that if a GP was treating a patient for depression with medication and they were worried about their care or lack of improvement, then they could contact the psychiatrist for advice.
Letters of referral were common and kept the circle of communication flowing. The Report quotes a national statistic that in the UK about 24 people in every are referred to specialist mental health services each year, but only about 6 of these people need to be admitted to hospital. It continues by saying that it is commonly known that people with mental health problems prefer to live in the community rather than in hospital.
The report then goes on to consider various mental health topics under the headings of: Treatment and Support, and Myths and Discrimination. Altogether, they give a picture of what it is like to be suffering from mental health problems and the extent of known mental health care. For many people these are very frightening. But such problems usually fluctuate: Most have periods when they are ill, but for most of the time they have few if any symptoms.
The precise causes of serious mental health problems are not known. Abnormalities of brain chemicals are likely to be involved. A range of effective measures also exists for the prevention of suicide, prevention and treatment of mental disorders in children, prevention and treatment of dementia, and treatment of substance-use disorders.
Let's Hang on to Mental Health
The mental health Gap Action Programme mhGAP has produced evidence based guidance for non-specialists to enable them to better identify and manage a range of priority mental health conditions. WHO supports governments in the goal of strengthening and promoting mental health.
WHO has evaluated evidence for promoting mental health and is working with governments to disseminate this information and to integrate effective strategies into policies and plans. It focuses on 4 key objectives to:. Particular emphasis is given in the Action Plan to the protection and promotion of human rights, the strengthening and empowering of civil society and to the central place of community-based care. In order to achieve its objectives, the Action Plan proposes and requires clear actions for governments, international partners and for WHO. Ministries of Health will need to take a leadership role, and WHO will work with them and with international and national partners, including civil society, to implement the plan.
As there is no action that fits all countries, each government will need to adapt the Action Plan to its specific national circumstances. Key facts Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders. Mental health is an integral part of health; indeed, there is no health without mental health.
Mental health is determined by a range of socioeconomic, biological and environmental factors. Cost-effective public health and intersectoral strategies and interventions exist to promote, protect and restore mental health. Determinants of mental health Multiple social, psychological, and biological factors determine the level of mental health of a person at any point of time. Mental health promotion and protection Mental health promotion involves actions that improve psychological well-being.
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