Open AccessCollaborative strategies are under-utilized for mental health promotion: Against the motion
Author(s) -
Angharad De Cates,
Afzal Javed
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of social psychiatry (online)/indian journal of social psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-8316
pISSN - 0971-9962
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9962.193211
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , promotion (chess) , mental health , public relations , health promotion , business , psychology , public health , political science , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , politics , law
Mental health promotion and prevention are increasingly recognized as having a vital role in public mental health around the world, and current evidence indicates various positive health and social outcomes. For this reason, the majority of national and international bodies have lent their support and advised their members to learn about, support, promote, and collaborate with others to instigate these strategies. The majority of health promotion strategies involve multiple and varied stakeholders, and therefore such interventions can prove challenging to organize. Improved infrastructure both regionally, nationally, and globally would help groups of stakeholders to collaborate even more efficiently. Conducting accurate and appropriate research can also prove difficult, and more data in terms of cost-effectiveness would be beneficial to prove the true cost-effectiveness of such collaborative interventions. Nonetheless, these are not insurmountable issues, and the future appears bright for collaborative health promotional interventions