Mental Health Promotion

The aim of mental health promtion is to improve the public’s state of mental health and increase awareness as to its importance.

Also to make people realize that a healthy mental state is essential to well-being in general. Particular emphasis will be placed on the mental health of the elderly and at-risk groups in society; in addition, awareness as to positive mental health will be promoted in the work place and in schools.

The measures of the Public Health Institute focus on the importance of good mental health in people’s overall state of health, and on what people can do themselves which is conducive to mental health. An important aspect of this is collaboration between the Public Health Institute and various stakeholder groups in the field of mental health; account is taken of their campaigning issues in the Institute’s policy formation and work. On World Mental Health Day on October 10 each year, special emphasis is placed upon such collaboration.

The main page for this project in Icelandic.

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