A Framework for Supporting Action in Population Mental Health /

In this context, public health actors are invited to adopt a leadership role in advancing mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention goals, and establish the required partnerships with actors from the health and social services sector and from other sectors who are indispensable to the population mental health agenda. [...] The framework identifies the various dimensions underlying the promotion of population mental health as well as the reduction of mental health inequalities. [...] A Framework for Supporting Action in Population Mental Health 3 Mental health in public health: a movement toward policy change The importance placed on mental health within the field of public health has greatly increased over the decades. [...] Thus, the objectives of mental health promotion include the pursuit of the well-being and development of individuals, communities and nations. [...] Social determinants of mental health Like physical health, mental health is viewed as the result of dynamic interactions between individuals, groups, and the socio-economic context in general, throughout the life course (Global Consortium for the Advancement of Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health, 2008; Herrman & Jané-Llopis, 2005).