Publications—Topic Based

Positive Mental Health

Mental Health Promotion

Kobau R, Seligman ME, Peterson C, Diener E, Zack MM, Chapman D, Thompson W. Mental health promotion in public health: perspectives and strategies from positive psychology Am J Public Health. 2011 Aug;101(8):e1-9. Epub 2011 Jun 16. abstract

Mark TL, Shern DL, Bagalman JE, Cao Z. Ranking America's mental health: an analysis of depression across the states. Mental Health America 2007 (December 11):1–46. html pdf [278KB]

Moriarty, D. Use of health-related quality-of-life surveillance data in public health decision-making — the case of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 1991–2006. 2007 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts. The QLR Journal 2007:A-86, Abstract #1404.

Lesesne CA, Christine Kennedy C. Starting early: Promoting the mental health of women and girls throughout the life span. J Women's H 2005;14(9):754–763. abstract

Sue S, Chu JY. The mental health of ethnic minority groups: Challenges posed by the supplement to the Surgeon General's report on mental health. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry 2003;27(4):447–465. abstract

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