Public mental health is the art and science of improving mental health and wellbeing and preventing mental illness through the organised efforts and informed choices of society, organisations, communities, and individuals.
The Faculty is joining with the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) to deliver a major conference on public mental health.
The event will be hosted at the RCPsych building in London and online attendance is also available. The programme includes:
- How psychiatry and public health can work together (Professor Subodh Dave, Professor Kevin Fenton and Dr Cathy Gregory)
- Data: what do we know, strengths, gaps and challenges (Professor Ann John)
- Evidence base (David McDaid)
- Research priorities for public mental health research (Professor Jayati Das-Munshi and Dan Barrett)
- Evidence on promotion and prevention (panel discussion)
- Improving physical health for people with serious mental illness (Ogechi Anokwuru and Susanna Mills)
- Work, welfare and mental health (Dr Jed Boardman)
- Wellbeing interventions in practice: facilitating a national conversation (Emily van der Venter, Amy Davies, Caron Walker and Rachel Brighton)
- Children and young people’s mental health (Lori Hawthorn, Dr Sarah-Jane Fenton and Dr Jess Mundy)
- Research priorities, findings from NIHR, and how to involve the public (Gillian Samuel, Joyce Coker and Jason Grant)
- We can’t address social determinants without tackling commercial determinants (Professor Mark Petticrew)
- Next steps (Dr Peter Byrne and Maeve Gill)
The Conference programme, booking instructions and frequently asked questions – including on the event's livestream option – are available on the RCPsych website.
