Journal of Public Mental Health: Volume 11 Issue 3
The art, science and politics of creating a mentally healthy society
Table of contents
An organisational response to an increase in suicides: a case study
Wendy Burke, Denise Colmer, Neil Johnson, Jane Leigh, Brian Key, Catherine ParkerThis paper seeks to describe the development of a real time suicide alert system and to identify how, as a result, organisations were able to respond in a timely way to an…
A qualitative analysis of perceptions of self‐harm in members of the general public
Claira Newton, Chris BalePrevious research into health care professionals' perceptions of self‐harm has found that, although complex, in some cases their perceptions can be somewhat negative and…
Assessing the health needs of vulnerable children, are the data fit for purpose?
Sian EvansThe purpose of this paper is to assess whether current routinely available population level data are adequate for assessing the health needs of vulnerable children.
Changes in the levels of psychological distress in eight countries of the former Soviet Union
Bayard Roberts, Pamela Abbott, Martin McKeeThe purpose of this paper is to compare levels of psychological distress in 2001 and 2010 in eight countries of the former Soviet Union and to explore how these changes vary for…
Towards a public health psychology
Martin SeagerThis paper argues for the need for a public health psychology based on the same epidemiological principles that came from the medical work of John Snow in the Victorian era.
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1746-5729Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Lee Knifton
- Neil Quinn