Adolescent Mental Health Promotion: Could it be Assisted by Considering the Functions of Depression in Young People?

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Joyce ◽  
Tanya Pauli-Myler ◽  
Sharyn Burns ◽  
Peter Howatl ◽  
Bruce Maycockl
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Young People ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Promotion

Mental Health Literacy: A Strategy for Global Adolescent Mental Health Promotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers ◽  
Maria Guevara Carpio ◽  
Mark D. Weist
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Structural Components

Background: Adolescence is defined by key transitional elements which are considered within a cross-cultural context. The importance of building mental health capacity for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as well as high-income countries (HICs) is reviewed. Objectives: To review the developmental period of adolescence, global needs for mental health promotion, the needs of LMICs while emphasizing building adolescent mental health capacity, and the importance of efforts to promote mental health literacy. Methods: Mental health literacy (MHL) is presented as a strategy that can increase public awareness regarding mental health issues among adolescents. Increased awareness through an MHL framework is discussed as a way to build adolescent mental health capacity; with this work ideally occurring through global communities of practice (COP), dialogue, collaboration, and mutual support that aim to build innovation in systems of mental health promotion. Results: The authors review structural components in research, practice, and policy that seek to build global adolescent mental health capacity, nested within COPs involving HICs and LMICs working together to advance mental health promotion for children, adolescents, and young people. Conclusion: The article concludes with a discussion of how the three structural components (i.e., research, practice, and policy) can address gaps in the provision of global mental health services for adolescents to meet adolescent mental health needs in LMICs and HICs. A multi-sectoral approach emphasizing a global COP is presented as a way to scale up capacity and maximize outcomes.

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.

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