scholarly journals Community-oriented collaboration for mental health care and mental health promotion

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Paul Thomas ◽  
David Morris
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Promotion

The Communitarian Mental Health Group: Promoting mental health through daily experiences in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S733-S734
Author(s):  
A.P. Craveiro Prado ◽  
C.L. Cardoso ◽  
S. Ishara
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
Health Group ◽  
Everyday Experiences

In Brazil, the mental health field has been the scenario of many transformations, among them, the recognition of community and group-based interventions as significant approaches concerning mental health promotion. These approaches regard the interpersonal relationships as a resource to individual's mental health care and the construction of a helping network. This study aimed to present and describe the Communitarian Mental Health Group (CMHG), an innovative intervention developed and studied in Brazil for 18 years. To accomplish that, a study of previous researches about this intervention was conducted, including the analysis of a book published in 2014. The activity goal is to promote mental health through the attitudes of paying attention, understanding and sharing everyday experiences, as resources for personal development and mental health care. It is an open and heterogeneous group, in which participants interact among them aiming mutual help. Each group session lasts 1 h 30, and each session is divided into three phases: sharing experiences with cultural elements considered meaningful to the goals of the group; sharing everyday experiences; sharing what was significant from that session, according to the participants. One of the premises is that taking care of our mental health belongs to the scope of the human being and it is not restricted to patients. Daily experiences are significant resources for mental health promotion and for the construction of a helping communitarian network among participants, bonded through the sharing of their quotidian. The CMHG represents a mental health promotion intervention able to complement other kinds of available treatments.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals The National Mental Health Strategy: Redefining Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health?

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Health Prevention ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
National Mental Health

This paper explores policy documents published as part of the National Mental Health Strategy for ideas about mental health promotion and prevention, to determine the extent to which these documents adopt a primary health care approach. Discourse analysis was undertaken of key policy documents to discover the manner in which they discuss mental health promotion and prevention. Three points of departure are identified. The first of these is a focus on social and biological risk factors that manifest at an individual rather than at a social level, effectively drawing attention away from social inequalities. These documents also primarily target a population that is viewed as being "at risk" due to exposure to risk factors, shifting attention from strategies aimed at improving the health of the population as a whole. A final difference is found in the understanding of primary health care. Recent policy documents equate primary health care with the first level of service delivery in the community, primarily by general practitioners, shifting the focus of care from mental health promotion with the community to early intervention with those experiencing mental health problems. This is supported by the incorporation of a biomedical understanding into mental health prevention. While recent mental health policy documents re-assert the need for early intervention and health prevention, the form of mental health prevention espoused in these documents differs from that which informed the Declaration of Alma Alta, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and World Health Organization's Health for All strategy.

What mental health promotion do university students need?

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Sokołowska ◽  
Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka ◽  
Sylwia Kluczyńska ◽  
Joanna Wojda-Kornacka
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Biopsychosocial Model ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Healthy Person ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Open Questions

Abstract Our aim was to find out what university students expect of mental health promotion. 610 young people were asked a few open questions. 81% of respondents expressed an interest in mental health promotion activities. They associated promotional activities with physical, social and/or emotional health care. Basically, these positive expectations are in agreement with the biopsychosocial model of mental health formulated by the WHO (2005). No interest in the idea of promotion (11%) is caused by the erroneous assumption that mental health promotion is targeted at people with mental disorders; therefore, a mentally healthy person does not benefit from participating in such a programme.

Priorities for mental health promotion during pregnancy and infancy in primary health care

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Loureiro ◽  
Ana Rita Goes ◽  
Gisele Paim da Câmara ◽  
Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira ◽  
Teresa Maia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness of health promotion targeting physical activity and healthy eating in mental health care

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Verhaeghe ◽  
Delphine De Smedt ◽  
Jan De Maeseneer ◽  
Lea Maes ◽  
Cornelis Van Heeringen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Healthy Eating

Health promotion in mental health care: perceptions from patients and mental health nurses

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1569-1578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Verhaeghe ◽  
Jan De Maeseneer ◽  
Lea Maes ◽  
Cornelis Van Heeringen ◽  
Lieven Annemans
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Nurses

scholarly journals Dilemmas in delivering health promotion activities: findings from a qualitative study of mental health nurses in Denmark

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e036403
Author(s):  
Jane Ege Møller ◽  
Anne Møller ◽  
Loni Ledderer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Long Term Conditions

ObjectiveRecent studies have shown that people with mental illnesses have higher mortality and morbidity rates due to long-term conditions and lifestyle diseases. This knowledge has led to health promotion initiatives in mental health care to improve the physical health of people with mental illness. This article explores how mental health nurses experience working with health promotion activities in mental healthcare practices.DesignWe adopted a qualitative research design using an interactive approach. Qualitative content analysis was used to develop the analytical framework.ParticipantsFocus groups (n=7; n=5) were conducted with two groups of mental health nurses who attended health specialist training sessions in Denmark in the spring and fall of 2018.ResultsThe findings showed that working with health promotion activities in mental health care created two dilemmas for the mental health nurses: (1) dilemmas related to health promotion that involved discrepancies between the health promotion activities that were offered and patients’ autonomy and wishes, and (2) system-related dilemmas stemming from working with screening for risk factors and documentation programmes. The mental health nurses developed different strategies to navigate these dilemmas, such as devising interview techniques for the screening questions and bending guidelines.ConclusionsMental health nurses found it challenging to implement health promotion activities in mental health care, although they generally found these activities meaningful. The findings show that new health promotion activities need to be adapted to nurses’ existing mental healthcare practices; however, this may require some adaptation of existing nursing practices.

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