How far will the Government's new Mental Health Bill help this process of enlightenment? Will some think we are going too far in eroding safeguards which have protected society in the past? To what extent will this new legislation enable us to get better mental health services? What opportunities will it offer the nonprofessional who wishes to play his or her part in helping to solve this probl...

The Chief Medical Officer's report for 2013 was the first of its kind to highlight the public's mental rather than physical health and thus represents a very important landmark for public health in the UK. Written primarily from the perspective of psychiatrists, the report has created confusion in public health circles by failing to adequately address the public health perspective. David Forema...

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First responders, including military health care workers, public health service workers, and state, local, and volunteer first responders serve an important role in protecting our nation's citizenry in the aftermath of disaster. Protecting our nation's health is a vital part of preserving national security and the continuity of critical national functions. However, public health and public safe...

This article describes an innovative statewide collaboration between schools of social work and public mental health departments to transform social work curriculum and address the workforce crisis in public mental health service systems. The collaborative partnership has fostered the development of a Mental Health Initiative that has developed a set of mental health competencies offered in eac...

Kazdin and Blase aptly describe the enormous mental health burden facing our nation and suggest several ways to reform the workforce, setting, and content of services to address this long-standing unmet need. We propose that current health care reform legislation and associated advances in service delivery provide a unique and timely opportunity for a paradigm shift in mental health research, p...

BACKGROUND The Ugandan government recognizes mental health as a serious public health and development concern, and has of recent implemented a number of reforms aimed at strengthening the country's mental health system. The aim of this study was to provide a profile of the current mental health policy, legislation and services in Uganda. METHODS A survey was conducted of public sector mental ...