Researching the geography of mental wellbeing

The geography of mental health.

This Editorial takes a social science perspective of the geography of mental health, drawing upon the work of professional geographers with an interest in mental health and mental health care service provision. The academic discipline of Geography is broadly defined as "the study of the earth's surface as the space within which the human population lives" (Haggett, 1990). This all-inclusive def...

Positive Mental Wellbeing in Adolescents 1 Positive mental wellbeing in Australian adolescents: Evaluating the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale

While there is increasing recognition of the need to go beyond measures of mental ill health, there is a relative dearth of validated tools for assessing mental wellbeing among adolescents. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) is a promising tool for use in this context, and this study evaluated its use in an Australian context. The WEBWBS was completed by 829 Western Australia...

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Crime and Mental Wellbeing

Crime and Mental Wellbeing We provide empirical evidence of crime’s impact on the mental wellbeing of both victims and non-victims. We differentiate between the direct impact to victims and the indirect impact to society due to the fear of crime. The results show a decrease in mental wellbeing after violent crime victimization and that the violent crime rate has a negative impact on mental well...

Researching the implementation of community mental health promotion programs.

Understanding the process of program implementation plays a critical role in advancing research, practice and policy in mental health promotion. This paper focuses on the implementation of community mental health promotion and considers the challenges presented in implementing and evaluating complex, multifaceted interventions carried out in the context of dynamic community settings. The Rural ...