Promoting mental health in scarce-resource contexts : emerging evidence and practice

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Title:

Author:

Petersen, Inge.

ISBN:

9780796923035

Publication Information:

Cape Town : Human Sciences Research Council, 2010.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:

At the heart of development: An introduction to mental health promotion and prevention for poorly resourced countries -- Theoretical considerations: From understanding to interventions -- Contextual issues in mental health promotion and prevention -- Evaluating interventions -- From science to service -- Early childhood (birth-6 years) -- Middle childhood and pre-adolescence (7-11 years) -- Adolescence (12-19 years) -- Adulthood -- Old age -- Afterword: Cross-cutting issues central to human and economic development in low resourced contexts.

Subject Term:

Mental health.

Mental Health Services.

Preventive Health Services.

Health Promotion.

Added Author:

Petersen, Inge.

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Summary

Exploring the potential behind mental health promotion to help people adjust to and cope with life's challenges, this examination also highlights its importance in low to middle-income contexts where hardship is common, emphasizing how it can strengthen social and economic development. Providing a relevant conceptual and theoretical base for the application of mental health promotion in impoverished circumstances, this analysis offers examples of evidence-based programs across the lifespan applicable in these specific settings. With contributions from a range of experts in the field, this is a vital text for mental health and general public health students and practitioners as well as policymakers and planners.