Public mental health: Evidence, practice and commissioning

A report by Dr Jonathan Campion, Director for Public Mental Health and Consultant Psychiatrist

A new report summarising the latest evidence around public mental health has been published. It summarises the latest evidence for the:

Impact of mental disorder – accounting for at least a quarter of UK disease burden
Impact of mental wellbeing
Risk factors for mental disorder and protective factors for mental wellbeing
Groups at higher risk of mental disorder and poor mental wellbeing
Effective interventions to treat mental disorder, prevent associated impacts, prevent mental disorder from arising and promote mental wellbeing
Economic savings of different public mental health interventions