Mental Health in Public Health

Synthesizes important topics in public health psychiatry that were discussed at the American Psychopathological Association (APPA) meeting in 2010.

The book, like the APPA meeting, aims to bring advanced knowledge of the social and environmental risk factors for psychiatric disorders, as well as ideas for preventing them. Chapters are written by experts from around the world and include such public health concerns as Veteran's mental health, mental health disparities among minorities, causes of addictions, and mortality of these disorders.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Cottler, Linda

ISBN:

978-0-19-973594-5

Specialty:

• Community Health & Disease Prevention

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

366

Publication Year:

2011