"Mental health should be a key part of every public health strategy. There is a strong moral and economic case for tackling the rising challenge of mental health problems for communities and the people who experience them. There are also clear, evidence-based and cost-effective steps that can be taken to build resilience, promote wellbeing and help to prevent mental health problems.
"This [52-page] report focuses on resilience; setting out the types of services, resources and infrastructure
that need to be in place locally to support resilient communities, helping people to ‘feel good and
function well’. It will be of interest to those who commission (or aim to influence the commissioning of) local services, those who provide services that impact on the wellbeing and resilience of their local community and those who use these services...."
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/content/assets/PDF/publications/building-resilient-communities.pdf
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