Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being: The Evidence

Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being: The Evidence Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being: The Evidence A expedited review of current literature on promotion, protection and prevention initiatives aimed at improving the mental health and well- being of children and youth Overview Introduction to review Approach and methodology Fundamental premises for promoting the mental health of childre. [...] Prisma Diagram Fundamental premises for promoting the mental health of children and youth The promotion of mental wellness for children and youth should: focus on the positive concept of mental health, not only the absence of mental illness, integrating a dual continua model; understand mental health and wellness as a human right, and therefore its attainment for all people as a matter of fund. [...] take a socio-ecological approach; involve the genuine, meaningful participation of children and youth in the research on their own mental wellness, the planning of population mental wellness interventions, their implementation and the evaluation of their impact; aim to empower individuals and communities to have control over the determinants of their own mental wellness Fundamental premises. [...] Modified Mental Health Intervention Spectrum Mental health promotion: The case for it Mental health promotion: The case for it Mental health promotion: The case for it References Bronfenbrenner, U. [...] Evidence Synthesis of Impact of Mental Health Promotion: A systematic rapid evidence assessment of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions across the lifecourse.