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Carole Devaney
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Mental Health Promotion Network
Definition of Mental Health
‘Mental health is the emotional and spiritual
resilience which enables us to enjoy life
and to survive pain, disappointment and
sadness. It is a positive sense of well-
being and an underlying belief in our own
and others dignity and worth’
Relevant to:
• The whole population
• Vulnerable groups and individuals at risk
• People with mental health problems
Activity:
• Strengthening individuals
• Strengthening communities
• Reducing structural barriers to mental health
What influences our mental health?
• Exercise
• Draw for 10 minutes on the flip chart
sheets
Where are our mental health needs met?
• Early years
• School
• Home and Relationships
• Community
• Neighbourhood and Environment
• Workplace and Employment
• Later Life
• Where we feel safe; included; valued;
respected
• Challenging the stigma of mental ill health
No Health without Mental Health
• Starting well
• Developing well
• Living well
• Working well
• Ageing Well
See: Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing
Project (2008). Systems maps. The
Government Office for Science, London.
Page 3.
http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/corpora
te/migratedD/ec_group/118-08-FO_b
Mental health promotion
at different levels
At each level, it is relevant to the whole population, to individuals at
risk, vulnerable groups and people with mental health problems.
• Strengthening individuals –increasing emotional resilience through
interventions designed to promote self-esteem, life and coping skills,
e.g. communicating, negotiating, relationship and parenting skills.
• Strengthening communities - this involves increasing social inclusion
and participation, improving neighbourhood environments,
developing health and social services, which support mental health,
anti-bullying strategies at school, workplace health, community
safety, childcare and self-help networks.
• Reducing structural barriers to mental health - through initiatives to
reduce discrimination and inequalities and to promote access to
education, meaningful employment, housing, services and support
for those who are vulnerable.
Clients and Service Users
• Lifestyle Advice/Intervention - smoking, alcohol and drugs, drinking, obesity,
nutrition, sleeping, stress reduction
• Signposting and Referral/ Social prescribing – exercise opportunities – e.g.
walking and gardening social networks, support groups, befriending
projects, libraries, education and learning opportunities, benefits advice,
volunteering opportunities, self esteem interventions
• Assessment of emotional health status of individuals with physical health
problems particularly chronic illness
• Routine assessment of the physical health needs of individuals with mental
ill health problems
• Recognition and appropriate responses to adult and child abuse
• Referral to parenting support and with attachment issues
• Building community capacity – involvement in local partnerships and
networks and patient groups
• Challenging Stigma,
• Reducing access barriers and early recognition and referral in children and
adults
• Service environment
Employers
• Exemplar Employers
• Workplace/ building design
• Well-being workplace policy
• Management policies and practices including equality and diversity,
bullying and harassment, appraisal, flexible working practices,
reward and recognition, training and development
• Lifestyle interventions
• Managing stress
• Retention and Recruitment of individuals with mental health
problems
• Green space, trees, shrubs
• Access to water, healthy food options
• Supervision and support mechanisms
• Challenging stigma
• Climate adaptation initiatives
Commissioners
• Guidance for commissioning mental health
promotion
• Public Health Outcomes
• Integral to service provision – opportunistic and
routine
As part of the tendering/contracting process for
example
• Service providers have to demonstrate good
employment practices
• Service providers have to demonstrate climate
adaptation polices etc
Benefits of mental health promotion
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