European mental health policy: the key issue is social inclusion

European mental health policy should target everybody.

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Mental Health — An Issue Neglected by European Public Health Systems?

Social inclusion or social control? Homelessness and mental health

These keywords are based on the subject headings from the British Nursing Index. This article has been subject to a double-blind review. In the UK a new and refreshing literature is emerging that addresses the need for socially inclusive models and strategies for people with mental health problems (e.g. Bates 2002a, Repper and Perkins 2003). There appears, however, to be little evidence for str...

What Enables and Constrains the Inclusion of the Social Determinants of Health Inequities in Government Policy Agendas? A Narrative Review

Background Despite decades of evidence gathering and calls for action, few countries have systematically attenuated health inequities (HI) through action on the social determinants of health (SDH). This is at least partly because doing so presents a significant political and policy challenge. This paper explores this challenge through a review of the empirical literature, asking: what factors h...

Social Relationships Are Key to Health, and to Health Policy

Evidence from observational studies has documented the association between social relationships and beneficial effects on health outcomes, such as mortality [1]. However, the precise size of this effect, and of which aspects that form part of social relationships are most strongly linked with positive outcomes, remain unclear. Now, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature [2] she...