health promotion approach is utilized to address the prevention, management and early intervention for stress management and also to promote positive mental and psychological health. stress affects everyone and must be managed effectively to reduce its chronic and deleterious effects this study consists of two sections: in first section the principals of health promotion in different human exis...

Smoking is the largest single cause of preventable illness in the UK. Those with mental health problems smoke significantly more and are therefore at greater risk. The new Health Act (2006) will require mental health facilities in England to be completely smoke-free by 1st July 2008. This article reviews the current literature regarding how smoking affects both the physical and mental well-bein...

Abstract Treatment and prevention alone are unlikely to make a significant difference in reducing the burden of poor mental health illness. Therefore, promotion (MHP) initiatives advocated. In 2014, ABCs (ABCs) partnership was established Denmark; partnership, partner organisations, e.g., municipalities NGOs, use research-based framework for MHP, ABC-framework, develop implement MHP initiatives...

Understanding of the definitions of wellness and illness has changed from the mid-20th century to modern times, moving from a diagnosis-focused to a person-focused definition of mental illnesses, and from an "absence of disease" model to one that stresses positive psychological function for mental health. Currently, wellness refers to the degree to which one feels positive and enthusiastic abou...

2 Infant, Child, Adolescent Psychiatrist, IWK Health Centre; Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; member joint advocacy committee Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Canadian Pediatric Association; conference organizing committee, Infant Mental Health Prevention and Promotion (IMPH); Co-chair, Infant Mental Health Interest group Canadian Academy of C...

More than 300,000 California children ages 4 to 11 have mental health needs, yet only one-fourth of them received mental health care in 2007 and 2009. Health insurance coverage and a usual source of care typically facilitate mental health service use; however, this is not the case for children with mental health needs. This policy brief identifies children at risk for mental health needs and hi...