Promoting mental health across the life course: WHO position paper

Overview

Mental health is a rapidly expanding field. The World Health Organization’s position paper on promoting mental health across the life course is a technical supplement to the recently adopted. Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Diseases 2022-2031.

Many determinants are known to affect brain health at different stages of life. The position statement provides a conceptual framework for what mental health is and how mental health can be facilitated across the lifespan through activities in the following key clusters: physical health, healthy environment, safety and security, learning and social relations, and access to quality services. . Improving mental health not only reduces the prevalence and burden of neurological disorders, but also improves overall mental and physical health and creates positive social and economic impacts. Absence of disease.