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Many mental health problems will be preventable, and almost all are treatable, so people can either fully recover or manage their conditions successfully and live as healthy, happy and productive lives as possible. Our guiding ambition for mental health is simple but, if realised, will change and save lives - that we must prevent and treat ...

Mental health: policy context "A Scotland where we have good mental wellbeing" is one of Scotland's public health priorities. The Scottish Government published its Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy in June 2023. The Strategy concentrates on achieving a number of different population-level and process outcomes for mental health and wellbeing, by focusing on three key areas:

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We want the Strategy to focus on every part of what mental health and wellbeing means. This covers a range of things, including: addressing the underlying reasons behind poor mental health; helping to create the conditions for people to thrive; challenging the stigma around mental health, and; providing specialist help and support for mental ...

policies will impact our mental health. • The new Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy should include: • Mental health in all policies • Investment in prevention • Engagement with lived experience Mental Health Foundation - August 2022 5.

The Plan describes how Scottish Government will continue to support good mental health and wellbeing, to help people manage their own mental health, and to build their emotional resilience. The overall aim is to ensure that people get the right support, at the right time, and in the right setting – this includes when mental illness does occur.

We work to develop evidence-based mental health policies to help to create a society in which everyone can enjoy good mental health. ... The Scottish Government is preparing to write a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Scotland. It has asked the public to share their ideas on what actions should be included in a new Mental Health and ...

Scottish Government. Keywords. ... The Mental Health Strategy set out to transform the mental wellbeing of people in Scotland and the mental health services they use. The Strategy has formed the basis of a programme of work that goes well beyond the initial 40 actions. While this report summarises what has happened with each of those actions ...

Student mental health action plan: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment. Assessment of the impact of the student mental health action plan on the rights and wellbeing of children; this has been carried out in line with the duties placed on Scottish Ministers under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024.

The ALLIANCE champions lived experience to ensure people inform national policies, campaigns and service design. ... The Scottish Government have launched a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Scotland. The ALLIANCE have provided feedback to the Mental Health Strategy Engagement team in the development of this new strategy. The ...

The new Core Mental Health Standards have been developed by the Scottish Government, working with a range of partners. These standards set out what people can expect from mental health services in Scotland. How the standards work. The Scottish Government heard from people who use and work in mental health services, who said there was a need for national quality standards across Scotland.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy & Delivery Plan. Back to Hub. The Scottish Government & COSLA have jointly published the Mental Health & Wellbeing Delivery Plan 2023-25.. This follows the publication of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy in June and describes the work they will undertake to improve mental health for everyone in Scotland.. The Delivery Plan focuses on nine outcomes ...

A delivery plan for the Mental Health and Capacity Reform Programme setting out a range of actions that are underway or planned. The ALLIANCE welcomes the publication of the Scottish Government’s Mental Health and Capacity Reform delivery plan October 2023 to April 2025.. In June 2023, the Scottish Government committed to establish the Mental Health and Capacity Reform Programme in response ...

Mental health problems cost the Scottish economy £8.8 billion in 2019, even before the pandemic hit. Much of these costs are preventable by investing in policies and programmes that address the root causes of poor mental health, particularly poverty. We cannot afford to sit on the side lines and watch the impending mental health crisis develop.

The Scottish government will invest an additional £50m this year in its Mental Health Outcomes Framework. The framework lays out the nine key outcomes for mental health and wellbeing included in June’s strategy, including reducing inequalities and better equipping communities to support people’s mental health.

The Scottish Mental Health Law Review was an independent review of mental health and incapacity law, chaired by Lord Scott KC. The main aim of the Review was to improve the rights and protections of persons subject to mental health, incapacity or adult support and protection legislation, in line with developments in international human rights ...

The mental health and wellbeing workforce 11. Legislative framework 12. Other strategies and policy drivers 13. Financial framework 14. Governance, monitoring and evaluation Appendix 1: Scottish Government policies and programmes in support of this Strategy

Attending Scottish Parliament election manifesto development and communications strategy meetings for Scotland's Mental Health Partnership (SMHP), of which BPS is a member. In another vein, James McTaggart (Practice Board and SDEP Committee member) participated in an interview with BBC Radio Scotland, on the topic of behaviour in schools.

In 2018, a Scottish government review found the deaths of people being treated for a mental health condition or learning disability are currently not being investigated consistently in a way that ...