Mental Health Promotion A Lifespan Approach

"This book is a useful overview for mental health promotion and will stimulate practitioners and researchers to delve more into this important topic." The Internet Journal of Mental Health Mental Health Promotion is the first textbook to provide an accessible guide to applied mental health promotion across all age groups, and demonstrates how both principles and theory can be used to underpin mental health promotion. Cross cutting themes at each stage of the lifespan are addressed, including: reduction of inequalities; theory and evidence based practice and culturally sensitive approaches to practice. Key features of the book include: A recognition of the 'uniqueness' of different age groups in terms of specific mental health issues A lifespan approach; identifying different health promotion interventions for different age groups Illustrations of how to apply health promotion theory and principles to practice Inclusion of up to date evidence based examples of good practice for different age groups Use of international, national and local examples Mental Health Promotion is essential reading for those working in or studying public health, mental health promotion, social work, nursing, youth and community or community care.Cattan, Mima is the author of 'Mental Health Promotion A Lifespan Approach', published 2006 under ISBN 9780335219667 and ISBN 0335219667.