Book chapter
Facilitating Mental Health
Good Health and Well-Being, pp.193-204
Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer International Publishing
2020
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Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the concept of mental health within the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. After providing an outline of the sustainable development goal agenda, this chapter defines mental health and highlights current global mental health and existing strategies for facilitating mental health. Following this, the chapter explores the concept of sustainable development and considers barriers to sustaining global mental health. To conclude, it presents alternative, nontraditional approaches to facilitating positive mental health and highlights the mechanisms that generate these improvements.
Details
- Title
- Facilitating Mental Health
- Creators
- Suzanne Peacock - Leeds Beckett UniversityEric Brymer - Leeds Beckett University
- Contributors
- Walter Leal Filho (Editor of compilation) - HAW HamburgTony Wall (Editor of compilation) - University of ChesterAnabela Marisa Azul (Editor of compilation) - University of CoimbraLuciana Brandli (Editor of compilation) - Universidade de Passo FundoPinar Gokcin Ozuyar (Editor of compilation) - Istinye University
- Publication Details
- Good Health and Well-Being, pp.193-204
- Series
- Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Identifiers
- 991012966100502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Human Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter