In essence, there are two ways that we can prevent mental health conditions. We can reduce people’s exposure to the factors that contribute to these conditions and/or increase their exposure to the factors that protect against these conditions.
Published on 13 October 2022
In essence, there are two ways that we can prevent mental health conditions. We can reduce people’s exposure to the factors that contribute to these conditions and/or increase their exposure to the factors that protect against these conditions.
Promoting mental wellbeing and preventing mental health conditions depends on increasing people’s access to the protective factors that contribute to resilience while simultaneously reducing their exposure to risk factors. Prevention United believes that both are important and achievable.
However, while it is helpful to acquire some of the personal, social and emotional skills that help us to effectively manage everyday stresses and challenges, no-one should be expected to ‘just deal with’ traumatic life experiences like child abuse, bullying, violence, discrimination or exploitation. These things should never occur and we have a shared responsibility as a society to stamp them out.