Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Mental Health

Download or read book Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Mental Health written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social determinants of mental health involve the economic, social, and political conditions into which one is born that influence a person's mental health - and, in particular, that affect the likelihood a person raised in deficient or dangerous conditions often associated with poverty will develop persistent mental health challenges throughout his or her life. To explore how health professions education and practice organizations and programs are currently addressing social determinants that contribute to mental health disparities across the lifespan, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop in Washington, DC on November 14-15, 2019. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.