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- Journal Article
- 2020
COVID-19 lockdowns: A public mental health ethics perspective
Emergency measures protecting the public’s physical health by dislocating individuals, families, and social networks could well be causing a devastating public health crisis of mental ill-health in the months and years to come. This article was among the first to take a public mental health ethics perspective in examining these lockdowns, the lodestar of which is the right to mental health, rooted in the concept of human dignity.
Public mental health takes on a macro perspective to mental health, focusing on the promotion of mental health in populations. It recognises that mental health is not only a concern at the level of an individual, but that the prevention of mental and substance misuse disorders can and should take place at the population level. CMEL’s research in this area considers this important issue in several key contexts, including: (i) COVID-19 and the risks to public mental health brought about by ill-planned and poorly executed lockdowns and (ii) the significance of mental health in the global health security agenda.
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- Journal Article
- 2020
Global mental health security—time for action
- Journal Article
- 2020