Public Mental Health provides a comprehensive introduction and reference for the public health approach to mental and behavioral disorders, and to promotion of mental health.
IN THIS rather chunky volume, William Eaton and colleagues make an impressive stab at summarising the current state and knowledge of public mental health internationally- a topic which may be unfamiliar to many but is moving ever nearer to the forefront of public health. The book begins at the very beginning (a very good place to start) with a section that reviews the symptoms and prevalence of many major mental health disorders - making it possible for even the
uninitiated to pick up the book and quickly get a feel for the topic... While this book would be a worthy additional reference text on the shelves of even the most well versed of public mental health specialists, it is also written in such a way as to gently lead a novice through this rather fascinating
but unfamiliar field.
