PUB HLT 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, School Violence, Advanced Maternal Age
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State of well being in which individual realizes own abilities, copes with normal stresses of life, works productively, able to make contribution to community. Foundation for indiv well being and effective functioning of community. Provide environ that promos mental health of populations and healthy societies. Promo resources to id and treat mental health problems. Role of public health in mental health incorporate health promo into chronic disease prevention efforts improve evidence base: through surveillance, research into cause/risk factors. Dev mental health programs mental health disorders. Make up 25% of disabilities in us, can, west europe. 22% of us sufferers increases risk for hypertension, diabetes, cvd leading disorder that causes decreased productivity and social functioning: even more so than cancer, hiv. Depression = top burden of diease in middle/high income countries mental disorders and their prevalence impulse control = 25% Make up 50% of top causes of disabilities. 20% children dev disorder that impairs function.
