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...

Slide presentation given at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, during the symposium “Students: A Specific Audience?”, in Paris on July 9, 2014.

Mental health promotion, long associated with public health, is a concept that is gradually making its way into the field of the humanities in France. The field of community psychology...

Although numerous organizations have been recommending for several years that health-related actions be based on evidence, the use of scientific research findings by practitioners...

The previous special issue of *La Santé de l'homme* devoted to mental health was published in May–June 2002 (No. 359, online: http://www.inpes.sante.fr/SLH/sommaires/359.htm). It...

In the field of young children’s mental health, preventive home-based interventions to support parenting have been developing for several decades. Recognizing that environments harmful...

Impaired mental and/or physical health can have varying impacts on people’s daily lives, both on an individual and social level, and depending on whether or not they have a chronic...

This document is a summary of the report *Validated Interventions for Mental Health Prevention and Promotion Among Youth*, produced by INPES. The purpose of this summary is to provide...

Highlights: The majority of middle school students perceive themselves as being in good health (nearly 9 out of 10 students) and report a positive outlook on life (more than 8 out of 10...

A new development in the French public health landscape, local mental health councils (CLSMs) are expanding rapidly; to date, more than 130 CLSMs are operational. They bring together all...