Mental health promotion : a lifespan approach / by Mima Cattan, Sylvia Tilford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cattan, Mima.

Contributor:

Tilford, Sylvia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health promotion.

Health promotion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Acting as a guide to applied mental health promotion across all age groups, this book demonstrates how principles and theory can be used to underpin mental health promotion. It covers various themes at each stage of the lifespan, including: reduction of inequalities; theory/evidence based practice and culturally sensitive approaches to practice.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. What is mental health?

3. Mental health promotion

4. Infancy and childhood (0-5 years and 6-12 years)

5. Adolescence and emerging adultlhood (12-17 years and 18-24 years)

6. Adulthood: increasing responsibility and middle age (25-45 years and 45-65 years)

7. Older people: the retirement years (65-80 years and 80+ years)

8. Concluding comments and the future of mental health promotion.

ISBN:

9786611129095

9781281129093

1281129097

9780335229574

0335229573

OCLC:

935264484