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Mental Health Promotion and Prevention
Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Mental illness prevention What is Mental Health Promotion? Mental health promotion comprises efforts to enhance positive mental health and prevent mental illness through the overlapping spheres of health education, prevention and health protection. Such a pro-active wide-ranging campaign with mobilization of the community, professions and decision-makers, significant progress can be […]
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anorexia nervosa treatment and prevention
anorexia nervosa Care and treatment As mentioned above, the person with anorexia nervosa is frequently reluctant toseek help as they feel that they now have control over their body. Usually it isthe parent who brings their child to the doctor. The person with anorexia needs torecognise that they need help and have motivation to change […]
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Suicide Prevention Strategies
Preventing suicide A wealthy college student was single, pregnant and suicidal, with a clearly formed plan. The only solution she could think of besides suicide was never to have become pregnant, even to be virginal again. I took out a sheet of paper and began to widen her blinkers (sic). I said something like, ‘Now, […]
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Prevention of child psychiatric disorders
The Department of Health publication Saving Lives, emphasized disease prevention and health promotion as one of its objectives. Specific mention was made of the reduction of suicide as a mental health target. The paper also acknowledged the importance of the mental health of children and adolescents and their vulnerability to physical, intellectual and emotional behaviour […]
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