A public health perspective on mental health: lessons for population health in the 21 century.
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Authors
Lucey, James V
Issue Date
2021-06-23
Type
Review
Editorial
Editorial
Language
en
Keywords
COVID-19 , healthcare , mental health , population health
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Abstract
In December 2019, clinicians and academics from the disciplines of public health and psychiatry met in Dublin at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), to restate their shared commitment to population health. The purpose of this review is to bring our discussion to a wider audience. The meeting could not have been more timely. Six weeks later, the COVID-19 emergency emerged in China and within 12 months it had swept the world. This paper, the contents of which were presented at that meeting in December recommended that future healthcare would be guided more by public health perspectives and informed by an understanding of health economics, population health and the lessons learned by psychiatry in the 20th century. Ultimately two issues are at stake in 21 century healthcare: the sustainability of our healthcare systems and the maintenance of public support for population health. We must plan for the next generation of healthcare. We need to do this now since it is clear that COVID-19 marks the beginning of 21 century medicine.
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Citation
Lucey J. V. (2023). A public health perspective on mental health: lessons for population health in the 21st century. Irish journal of psychological medicine, 40(1), 2–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2021.44
Publisher
License
Journal
Irish journal of psychological medicine
Volume
40
Issue
1
PubMed ID
ISSN
2051-6967