Mental Health Workers and the American Public Health Association

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

letter to the editor does not have abstract.

The Poverty and Mental Health Association in Iran

T his study investigates the impact of poverty, which is the direct effect of recent economic changes, on Iranians mental health to shed more light on the poverty and mental health nexus in developing countries. For the purpose of this study, we examine the existence of a possible association between poverty and mental health in urban districts of Iran by applying a double hurdle app...

The Mental Health Aspect of Public Health

Bridging Mental Health and Public Health

A decade ago, the Surgeon General's office released its first report on mental health (1), calling for the full integration of mental health into the nation's public health system. The report synthesized the scientific literature on mental illness, concluding that mental disorders are among the most prevalent and costly conditions and that effective treatments can reduce their prevalence and de...

Mental health in schools and public health.

©2006 Association of Schools of Public Health Health policy and practice call for health and mental health parity and for a greater focus on universal interventions to promote, prevent, and intervene as early after problem onset as is feasible. Those in the public health field are uniquely positioned to help promote the mental health of young people and to reshape how the nation thinks about an...