Promoting Mental Health in Scarce-Resource Contexts: Emerging Evidence and Practice

ISBN 10: 0796923035 / ISBN 13: 9780796923035

Published by HSRC Publishers May 2010, 2010

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Synopsis:

Mental health promotion strives to improve mental health through developing ways of adjusting and coping with challenges. These strategies are at the heart of human development and can strengthen social and economic outcomes, and are especially important in low to middle income countries where hardship is common, and where the emphasis has been solely on care and treatment of people with mental illness. The book provides a relevant conceptual and theoretical base for the application of health promotion in scarce resource contexts. It includes examples of evidence-based programmes across the lifespan applicable in low resource settings. Written by experts in the field of mental health promotion, this is a vital text for mental health and general public health students and practitioners as well as mental health policy makers and planners.

About the Author: Inge Petersen, PhD: Professor of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Arvin Bhana, PhD: Deputy Executive Director of the Child, Youth, Family and Social Development Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Alan J. Flisher, FCPsych (SA), PhD: Sue Streungmann Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Head of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town. Leslie Swartz, PhD: Professor of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch. Linda Richter, PhD: Executive Director of the Child, Youth, Family and Social Development Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council and Honorary Professor of Psychology and elected Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Honorary Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Promoting Mental Health in Scarce-Resource ...
Publisher: HSRC Publishers May 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.