PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH
Public mental health is the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness.
At Melville we have concerned ourselves with mental health issues. Our goal is to work with those practicing public health as well as private, public agencies, and NGOs in creating awareness, eliminating health disparities, improving mental healthcare services, suicide prevention and stigma. We believe that mental health and mental wellbeing should be at the heart of public health because there can be ‘no health without mental health because
At Melville we have concerned ourselves with mental health issues. Our goal is to work with those practicing public health as well as private, public agencies, and NGOs in creating awareness, eliminating health disparities, improving mental healthcare services, suicide prevention and stigma. We believe that mental health and mental wellbeing should be at the heart of public health because there can be ‘no health without mental health because
- Mental wellbeing provides positive benefits
- Mental illnesses is common, disabling and costly
- Mental illness is an important cause of social inequality, violence and unemployment