1.As resoundingly concluded by The Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health; The President’s New Freedom Commission Report, Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America; and The Institute of Medicine’s Improving Health Care for Mental and Substance Use Conditions – each of which powerfully demonstrates the strength of the evidence supporting vigorous action to promote mental health in American society.
2.Shern, D., Blanch, A. & Steverman, S. (In press) “Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health and the Next Major Era in Public Health.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
3.Washington State Institute for Public Policy. (2014). Benefit-Cost Results – General Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/BenefitCost?topicId=6
4.Goleman, D., Emotional intelligence. New York, NY: Bantam Books (1995).
5.“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
6.SAMHSA, Behavioral Health, 2012
7.Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 15-4927, NSDUH Series H-50) (2015), retrieved from http://www.samhsa.gov/data/
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10.Institute of Medicine, Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press (2007).
11.Ciechanowski, P. S., Katon, W. J., & Russo, J. E., “Depression and Diabetes: Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Adherence, Function, and Costs,” Archives of Internal Medicine 160:3278-3285 (2000).
12.See, e.g., Marmot, M., “Social Determinants of Health Inequalities,” Lancet 365: 1099–104 (2005)
13.Moussavi, S., Chatterji, S., Verdes, E., Tandon, A., Patel, V., & Ustun, B., “Depression, Chronic Diseases, and Decrements in Health: Evidence from the World Health Surveys.” The Lancet, 369:1-8 (2007).
14.http://www.fightchronicdisease.org
15.WHO Call for Action 2001; updated http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/89966/1/9789241506021_eng.pdf?ua=1 (2013)
17.Olds, D. L., Kitzman, H., Hanks, C., Cole, R., Anson, E., Sidora-Arcoleo, K.& Bondy, J. , “Effects of Nurse Home Visiting on Maternal and Child Functioning: Age 9 Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial.” Pediatrics, 120(4): e832-e845. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-2111 (2007).
18.Embry, D., “Prevention in Mental Health: A Lifetime Perspective,” Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34(1): 1-34 (2011).
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20.http://www.familiesandwork.org/
21.Vega, W.A., Kolody, B., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alderete, E., Catolano, R. & Caraveo-Andwaga, J., “Lifetime Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders Among Urban and Rural Mexican Americans in California,” Archives of General Psychiatry 55:771-778(1998).
22.Based on a 2007 review of the current literature conducted on behalf of MHA by the Center for Non-Profit Strategies.
23.The National Wellness Institute (Dr. Bill Hettler) was an early pioneer of the mental wellness concept, advocating a focus on six aspects of life: social, intellectual, spiritual, physical, emotional and occupational. The Institute and similar organizations have developed numerous tools and resources, including a Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire, that explore multiple dimensions of mental wellness. David Goleman’s 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence, made the case that emotional intelligence can be learned and supported. Peter Salovey (current President of Yale) and John D. Mayer have proposed a model of emotional intelligence including five domains: knowing one’s emotions, managing emotions, motivating oneself, recognizing emotions in others, and handling relationships. These are the core of the emotional intelligence concept described by Goleman. “Emotional Intelligence,” Imagination, Cognition and Personality 9:185-210 (1990).
24.The following research provides support for the use of evidence-based practices in the treatment of mental health conditions related to wellness management: (1) Mueser, K., Corrigan, P., Hilton, D.W., Tanzman, B., Schaub, A., Gingerich, S., Essock, S.M., Tarrier, N., Morey, B., Vogel-Scibilia, S., & Herz, M.I., “Illness Management and Recovery: A Review of the Research,” Psychiatric Services, 53 (10):1272-1284(2002),(2) Lincoln, T. M., Wilhelma, K., & Nestoriuca, Y. “Effectiveness of Psychoeducation for Relapse, Symptoms, Knowledge, Adherence and Functioning in Psychotic Disorders: A Meta-analysis, Schizophrenia Research 96: 232-245(2007), (3)Corrigan, P. W., Mueser, K. T., Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Solomon, P., The Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Empirical Approach, New York: Guilford Press (2008).