Citation

de Pedro Cuesta J, Saiz Ruiz J, Roca M, Noguer I. Psiquiatr. Biol. (Barcelona, Spain) 2016; 23(2): 67-73.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psiq.2016.03.001

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This document highlights aspects of mental health of interest in Public Health, as identified in a meeting of health professionals. Primary prevention (most feasible in traumatic brain injury, depression induced by socio-occupational or financial stress, addictive behaviours among adolescents and young adults, and disorders in which incidence is on the increase) would have to be completed with secondary and tertiary prevention. Surveillance patterned on that of chronic diseases (survey studies, scientific papers, etc.) would prioritise depression, suicide, addictions, autism spectrum disorders and complex chronic patients. This would entail specific approaches such as: 1) The study of hospital discharge diagnoses and causes of death for major disorders, suicides, attempted suicide, new psychotic patients, and personality and eating disorders among adolescents and youth.2) The identification of a population-based, clinical mental-health networks capable of pinpointing certain sentinel events, as for example in Italy.3) The undertaking of surveys of certain problem areas in the population requiring assistance. © 2016 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría y Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría Biológica

Language: en

Keywords

Spain; human; mental health; suicide; primary prevention; traumatic brain injury; autism; Mental health; depression; public health; psychosis; stress; Public health; suicide attempt; addiction; Services; eating disorder; personality disorder; chronic disease; hospital discharge; health practitioner; Article; chronic patient; sentinel event; disease surveillance; diseases; Epidemiological surveillance; tertiary prevention