Current conceptualizations of mental health and mental health promotion

Integrating primary mental health care and mental health promotion.

The effect of mental health education on mental health Promotion and quality of life of elderly teachers

Introduction and purpose:Older people are a rapidly growing in worldwide. It is important to maintain the mental health and quality of life of the elderly. This study aimed to determine the effect of mental health education on promoting mental health and quality of life in older teachers. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 84 retired teachers. The experimenta...

Health Promotion and Aging "mental Health"

Intgoduction: The emphasis in this paper is on the direction that health promotion efforts might take to enhance the mental health of the elderly by building on the established effectiveness of primary, secondary and tertiary health care interventions. This approach accepts that health promotion strategies should invoke the capacity of elderly persons to take responsibility for their health sty...

Evaluation of School Mental Health Promotion Program: A Qualitative Study

Background: Due to the need to identify problems related to mental health among students and their proper management by offering specialized medical services to them, recently a relevant research project has been fully implemented in schools of all grades in Iran. Since the only way to measure the effectiveness and find the strengths and weakness of a program is to evaluate it, the present stud...

Editorial: Public Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Promotion, and Interventions Which Focus on the Social Determinants of Mental Health

The 2006 United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) (1) enshrined a range of rights, with the aim of ensuring independence and full social inclusion for people with disabilities. The convention is based on a “social model” of disability, which underscores the role of social environments and systems in contributing to disability; it thus moves beyond a “medical m...