The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing is an initiative of the organizing committee of the 7th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. An iterative feedback process was used to develop and revise the charter p...

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Main Authors: Anwar McHenry, Julia, Donovan, Robert
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Clifford Beers Foundation 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33042
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description The Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing is an initiative of the organizing committee of the 7th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. An iterative feedback process was used to develop and revise the charter principles in consultation with health professionals. A final online survey showed strong support for each of the eight principles, which were rated ‘essential’ (as distinct from ‘desirable’ or ‘not relevant’) by 73–96% of respondents. The principles were supported most strongly by practitioners, of whom 85–100% classified each as ‘essential’. It is hoped that mental health professionals find the Charter useful for advocating for greater resource allocation in their jurisdictions to mental health, in general and to mental health promotion in particular.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-330422019-02-19T05:35:40Z The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing Anwar McHenry, Julia Donovan, Robert health promotion charter mental health wellbeing mental health promotion The Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing is an initiative of the organizing committee of the 7th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. An iterative feedback process was used to develop and revise the charter principles in consultation with health professionals. A final online survey showed strong support for each of the eight principles, which were rated ‘essential’ (as distinct from ‘desirable’ or ‘not relevant’) by 73–96% of respondents. The principles were supported most strongly by practitioners, of whom 85–100% classified each as ‘essential’. It is hoped that mental health professionals find the Charter useful for advocating for greater resource allocation in their jurisdictions to mental health, in general and to mental health promotion in particular. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33042 10.1080/14623730.2013.810402 The Clifford Beers Foundation fulltext
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Anwar McHenry, Julia
Donovan, Robert
The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
title The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
title_full The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
title_fullStr The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
title_full_unstemmed The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
title_short The Development of the Perth Charter for the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
title_sort development of the perth charter for the promotion of mental health and wellbeing
topic health promotion charter
mental health
wellbeing
mental health promotion
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33042