Where next for prevention in mental health? : Where next for prevention in mental health?
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Where next for prevention in mental health? An analysis of the 2019 General Election manifestos.
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Where next for prevention in mental health? An analysis of the 2019 General Election manifestos.
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2017 was a year that reframed the UK's political landscape. The triggering of Article 50 set the wheels in motion to exit the European Union, and the Conservatives lost their majority in the general election in May.
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There is much to welcome in the Children and Young People’s Green Paper. It's direct commitment to help prevent mental health problems emerging represents a shift in focus looking upstream to tackle the determinants of these problems at their root.
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We are calling for robust political discussion of mental health during the election campaign, followed by a commitment by the next Scottish Government to a cross-departmental approach to mental health policy - not just a technical, mental illness-focused mental health strategy.