Journal of Public Mental Health: Volume 9 Issue 2

Editorial

Woody Caan

Translating the epidemiology of psychosis into public mental health: evidence, challenges and future prospects

James Kirkbride, Jeremy Coid, Craig Morgan, Paul Fearon, Paola Dazzan, Min Yang, Tuhina Lloyd, Glynn Harrison, Robin Murray, Peter Jones

Genetic and environmental factors are associated with psychosis risk, but the latter present more tangible markers for prevention. We conducted a theoretical exercise to estimate…

Population‐based indices for the funding of mental health care: a review and implications

Simon Tulloch, Stefan Priebe

Population‐based indices of needs have an influence on mental health care funding. Over the last 30 years, a number of needs indices have been developed that utilise…

Eating disorders in men: a review of the literature

William Jones, John Morgan

Eating disorders have long been perceived to occur primarily in women; few disorders in general medicine or psychiatry exhibit such a skew in gender distribution. Men and women…

Improving health, well‐being and cognition in schizophrenia: making the case for physical activity

Diane Crone, Phil Tyson, Jessica Holley

This paper provides a summary of the current state of knowledge on the use of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in schizophrenia. There is a well documented…

Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating care in disaster relief work

Anne Eyre