Promotion of Mental Health

Michael Murray is the Chief Executive and at the University of Central England is the Head: The Centre for Mental Health Promotion and Research. Clifford Beers Foundation, Stafford, UK. Colin A. Reed Clifford Beers Foundation, Stafford, UK. Runs his own consultancy business.

Contents: Mental health promotion in a rural context: research and realities from a community-based initiative in Northern Ireland, Margaret M. Barry, Elaine O’Doherty and Ann Doherty; Mental health promotion, Dr. D.R. Billington;

Representations of schizophrenia in television news: a comparative analysis, Mike Birch;

Promoting mental health in media: in search of an effective methodology, Mike Birch;

Same sex attraction in young people: health, happiness and homophobia, Adrian Booth;

Weaving the threads of mental health promotion in South Australia, Adrian Booth and Angela Burford;

Social integration and mental health promotion, Odd Steffen Dalgard; Enhancing parenting skills, Dr. Kedar Nath Dwivedi; From the margins to the mainstream: the public health potential of mental health promotion - or mental health promotion - what works?, Lynne Friedli;

Three aspects of mental health promotion in the department of mental health Rome E, Alessandro Grispini and Renato Piccione;

The state of the art of prevention in Italian psychiatric services, Alessandro Grispini, Renato Piccione and Renato Frisanco;

Mental health: a contested concept, Sandy Herron and Rebecca Mortimer; Lay perspectives of mental health: a summary of the findings, Sandy Herron;

Men and their travails: breaking the silence, Ken Keddie; The need for supportive strategies for the person who self-harms, Kathryn Kinmond;

Implementing mental health promotion: a health education and promotion perspective, Gerjo Kok;

Stress in the workplace: a risk assessment approach to reduction of risk, Rebecca J. Lancaster and Elizabeth Burtney; Developing strategic partnerships, Ros Lobo and Chris Gilleard;

Comparing paradigms in mental health promotion evaluation and research, Glenn Macdonald;

Mental health promotion: theory and practice insights from a literature review, Natasha Mauthner, Michael Killoran-Ross and Jane Brown;

The Odin European research on preventing depression: a different perspective, Cl