Evidence base for prevention
There is a large evidence-base around the prevention of mental ill-health (Campion, 2019). This includes interventions to prevent and treat mental health conditions in adults, and to improve the outcomes of adults living with mental health conditions.
The table below summarises different types of evidenced-based interventions to prevention and approaches to improve intervention coverage. It summarises the findings of a comprehensive review of public mental health evidence carried out in 2012 (and later updated in 2015) by Campion:
Table 1: Approaches to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of mental illness in adults, and to facilitating improved coverage of prevention, as suggested by Campion et al. 2015.
Additional resources
- NICE guidelines on mental health and wellbeing
- The Mental Health Foundation’s report on the economic case for investing in the prevention of mental health condition summarises evidence around prevention for adults and workplace-based interventions.
- Promotive and preventive interventions for mental health and well-being in adult populations: a systematic umbrella review
References
Full list of references is included at the end of this chapter.