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Considering Housing as a Means of Supporting Mental Health
In France, 4.2 million people live in substandard housing, including 350,000 who are homeless. This social issue is compounded by a less visible mental health challenge. Indeed, decent...
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Teen Centers Play a Front-Line Role in Mental Health [Interview]
Adolescent Centers (MDA) are places that offer free, anonymous, and informal support and counseling to young people ages 11 to 25. Professional staff listen to them and offer...
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For urban planning that promotes the well-being of city residents
Today’s cities, where half the world’s population is concentrated, do not provide their residents with a good quality of life. There are numerous risk factors for mental health:...
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Strengthening Psychosocial Skills to Promote Mental Well-Being in Schools
Originally from Australia, the MindMatters social-emotional learning program has been adapted for schools in Switzerland. In French-speaking Switzerland, in lower secondary schools, the...
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Mental Health: Understanding the Determinants to Take Action. Learn More [Bibliography]
To round out this resource, this bibliography compiles reports, surveys, studies, and books addressing the many dimensions of mental health, its challenges, and intervention strategies....
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Mental Health Promotion: Recommendations for Professional Training.
Training professionals in mental health promotion according to validated quality criteria is a major challenge. The European Promise project identified ten criteria, which have been...
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Issues related to mental health.
Through a series of articles, *La Santé de l'homme* traces the evolution of conceptions of mental health, from the realms of hygienism and morality to that of public health. The authors’...
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Why and how should we combat stigma in mental health?
Stigma surrounding mental health has a significant impact on the daily lives of those affected. While societal perceptions of mental illness have evolved over the past few decades,...
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A Necessary Dialogue to Examine Children's Mental Health
The National Study on Children’s Well-Being (Enabee), launched by Santé publique France in 2021, aims to assess the mental health of children ages 3–11 by giving them a voice—which is...
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Mental Health: A Survey on Emergency Care.
For two years, social science researchers observed the conditions under which patients with mental health disorders were received and their urgent psychiatric requests were handled. Many...