Values-based Practice in Public Mental Health Network
Public mental health is a rapidly expanding area of interdisciplinary research, linking academics, charitable foundations, NGOs and policy makers. At its core, public mental health aims to improve overall population mental health, and – relatedly – to reduce the prevalence of mental illness amongst individuals.
The Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Festival 2022
The past few years have seen profound challenges to the way of life established in the Western world since 1945.
The covid-19 pandemic has changed everything temporarily and seems likely to have lasting impacts on our everyday lives. Overwhelming evidence of accelerating climate change requires us to consider far-reaching changes to our economic structures and built environments. The internet now allows far greater individual connectivity than was previously possible, but this has brought with it widespread misinformation which threatens to undermine our political institutions.
Measuring, counting and valuing in public mental health – how can we do it well?
In public mental heath there are things we value, things we can measure and things we can count. Unfortunately, these often do not align and nor do they always influence how we allocate resources. This seminar will explore what we do now and how we could do better.
Public Mental Health – Pushing the Boundaries: Seminar 4 the benefits and risks of genetics in public mental health
This event will consist of three video interviews with international leading experts on psychiatric genetics and a follow up live discussion and Q&A on the issues raised
This seminar is presented in partnership with the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics
Public Mental Health – pushing the boundaries
This seminar will explore public health approaches to experiences, traits, conditions or symptoms that are typically associated with psychosis. The topics covered will include hearing voices, paranoia and social determinants that may be predictive or protective of a psychosis diagnosis.
Launch of Values-based Practice in Public Mental Health Network
Racism as a public mental health concern
The seminar looks at the structural and social determinants of race and racism as public mental health concern disguised by the White Paper Review of the Mental Health Act (2021) for clinical and competency changes.
Public Mental Health: Pushing the boundaries – Seminar 1
This seminar centres on the diagnosis of personality disorder. There are two factors that make this an interesting
starting point for pushing boundaries in public mental health.
