Improving Mental Health Care as the Most Pressing Public Health Issue

MENTAL HEALTH AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: Article List on Interactions Between Poverty and Mental Health

This list of journal article focuses on the multi-faceted connections between mental health and poverty for individuals and families domestically and abroad, addressing areas such as prevalence, neighborhood impact, and service access. Because there has been a lot published on this topic, this list includes only a cross-section of articles published since 2000. Literature reviews appear first, ...

Mental Health as a Public Health Issue: Mental Health and Nutrition

Citation: Alaimo, K., Olson, C. M., & Frongillo, E. A. (2001). Food insufficiency and American school-aged children’s cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development. Pediatrics, 108(1), 44-53. Link: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/108/1/44.short Summary: This study looked at the relationships between food insufficiency and young people’s (ages 6-16 years) academic, cognitive, a...

Primary Care, Public Health, and Mental Health

Primary care providers (PCPs) can perform a central role in bridging mental health and public health. This role was recognized by the Mental Health/Mental Illness Expert Panel convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adult and Community Health. PCPs, who form the backbone of the US health workforce, can serve a critical role in all stages of mental health deliver...

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

letter to the editor does not have abstract.

Mental Health — An Issue Neglected by European Public Health Systems?