Woodhouse Annette
Department of Rural and Indigenous Health, School of Rural Health, Monash University, Moe, VIC, Australia.
Contemp Nurse. 2010 Feb-Mar;34(2):177-89. doi: 10.5172/conu.2010.34.2.177.
There is an increasing focus on the importance of mental health promotion from an international perspective to national and statewide levels within Australia. This focus on promotion is relevant to mental health nurses as we are currently unable to address the mental health needs of young people within our existing Australian mental health services. Mental health promotion and prevention approaches enhance the capacities of individuals and communities to understand and respond to mental health issues, while promoting the mental health of whole populations. These approaches develop collaborative intersectoral relationships and have the potential to address mental health issues across whole communities. The author overviews general mental health promotion literature before specifically focussing on young people and their mental health needs. Current issues for mental health nurses are then presented alongside the author's own previous child, adolescent and family mental health promotion practice within a rural part of Victoria, Australia. Her purpose is to illustrate the potential challenges, opportunities and strategies in implementing new mental health promotion roles for nurses with young people who are most at risk of developing a mental health issue.
从国际层面到澳大利亚国内及州一级，心理健康促进的重要性日益受到关注。这种对促进工作的关注与心理健康护士相关，因为在澳大利亚现有的心理健康服务体系中，我们目前无法满足年轻人的心理健康需求。心理健康促进和预防方法能够增强个人和社区理解及应对心理健康问题的能力，同时促进全体人群的心理健康。这些方法能够建立跨部门的合作关系，并有潜力解决整个社区的心理健康问题。作者先概述了一般的心理健康促进文献，然后特别关注年轻人及其心理健康需求。接下来，作者结合自己之前在澳大利亚维多利亚州农村地区开展的儿童、青少年和家庭心理健康促进实践，阐述了心理健康护士当前面临的问题。她的目的是说明，对于那些最有可能出现心理健康问题的年轻人，护士在履行新的心理健康促进职责时可能面临的挑战、机遇和策略。
