P04.69. Investing in integrative medicine for mental health and wellbeing: making the economic case

P04.69. Investing in integrative medicine for mental health and wellbeing: making the economic case

Purpose One in four individuals can expect to experience a mental health problem during their lifetimes. This has a significant impact on the health system and wider economy. Annual costs of depression in the EU were more than €136.3 billion in 2007. These costs are likely to increase, with depression predicted to become the leading cause of morbidity in high income countries by 2030. Policy ma...

Investing in MENTAL HEALTH

INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE: THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING CASE Moore T, Oberklaid F. Investing in Early education and care: The Health and Wellbeing

The dramatic social and demographic changes that have occurred in developed nations over the past several decades have lead to significant changes in the circumstances in which families are raising young children, and in the conditions that young children experience as they group up. In parallel with these social and demographic changes, there is evidence of worsening health and developmental o...

Investing in MENTAL HEALTH

Mental Health and Wellbeing