Current health policy emphasises public health and prevention strategies and subsequently more money is being spent on prevention over secondary treatment. A social approach also plays a key role in the demise of public health.

Proposed workforce impact

• Psychiatrists need to consider how to implement secondary prevention into their practice
• Greater inter-disciplinary working of public health professionals and psychiatrists

Sources or references

• RCPsych, (2010), No health without public mental health, the case for action
• World Health Organisation, (2001), Prevention and promotion in mental health

 

Additional research questions

• How is the role of psychiatrists going to change to address prevention strategies?
• What is the role of public mental health in preventive medicine?

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