Health Promotion among People with Psychiatric Disorders
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2025 | Viewed by 122
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
3. AcademyHealth, 1666 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Interests: health equity; mental health; marginalized youth and adolescents; safety-net primary care systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that “there is no health without mental health”. The ensuing global mental health crisis has been both exposed and exacerbated by COVID-19, political and social conflicts, and both natural and human-made disasters. One in four people worldwide will be affected by a mental health disorder at some point in their lives. Depression alone impacts more than 300 million people, 21 million suffer from schizophrenia, 50 million live with Alzheimer’s disease, and approximately one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds (World Economic Forum, 2018). Moreover, these are likely underestimations, given the major barriers to care such as mental health service access and stigma. Subsequently, there is growing recognition of the need for multi-stakeholder approaches to promote, scale, and sustain mental health promotion interventions (e.g., early childhood interventions, anti-discrimination programs, and workforce mental health programs), particularly in communities that are disproportionately affected by mental illness and, conversely, have historically experienced an underinvestment in mental health support. Moreover, there is a need to highlight the importance of mental health promotion and intervention in schools as well as in the workplace, particularly in workforce sectors that have a high risk and prevalence of mental health challenges. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those that leverage rigorous, interdisciplinary frameworks and methodologies, the perspectives of those with lived experiences, and those that offer practical applications to policy and practice.
Dr. April Joy Damian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- social determinants of mental health
- health equity
- mental health promotion
- mental health and well-being
- marginalized populations
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