What is it about?
The concept of "wellbeing" is analysed in relation to policies for mental health. Wellbeing turns out to have multiple dimensions, and the importance of different dimensions can vary with age or setting, but there is consistent evidence around many aspects of wellbeing. Key features of improved wellbeing are stronger connections with other people and greater resilience. Mental health promotion activities and training can benefit from a focus on wellbeing.
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Why is it important?
Public mental health requires informed, evidence-based choices for developments at personal, community and national levels of health.
Perspectives
Pathways to wellbeing are important through the lifecourse. The UK public mental health network has identified the longterm, harmful consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences as a major challenge to population mental health. Interventions that promote collaboration for health and resilience are therefore a priority. The challenges in future from extreme weather events and global changes such as rising sea levels, will require a deeper understanding of environmental links to wellbeing, and the development of resilience across communities.
Professorial Fellow Woody Caan
Royal Society for Public Health
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This page is a summary of: Robust wellbeing, Journal of Public Mental Health, September 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jpmh-07-2016-0029.
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