PMH47 What Makes People Generally Satisfied with Mental Health Services?

What makes mental health promotion effective?

What makes people click?

Mysterious culture: Some online social networks evolve a distinct culture and iconography, like ancient Egypt, only more rapidly. (Photo: Guillaume Lelarge/Wikimedia Commons.) A mysterious new culture has been born. “We are like ancient Egyptians. We communicate with pictures, we worship cats, and nobody understands us.” This paraphrases a post that was reblogged many thousands of times on the ...

What makes nature-based interventions for mental health successful?

Nature-based interventions for mental health are beginning to become more common in the UK. The evidence for their usefulness is building. Taking the 'A Dose of Nature' project in the south-west as an example, factors for making such interventions a success are described.

Enhancing early engagement with mental health services by young people

International studies have shown that the prevalence of mental illness, and the fundamental contribution it make to the overall disease burden, is greatest in children and young people. Despite this high burden, adolescents and young adults are the least likely population group to seek help or to access professional care for mental health problems. This issue is particularly problematic given t...

What makes people decide who to turn to when faced with a mental health problem? Results from a French survey

BACKGROUND The unequal use of mental health care is a great issue, even in countries with universal health coverage. Better knowledge of the factors that have an impact on the pathway to mental health care may be a great help for designing education campaigns and for best organizing health care delivery. The objective of this study is to explore the determinants of help-seeking intentions for m...