INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM for MENTAL HEALTH POLICY and SERVICES
MENTAL HEALTH POLICY TEMPLATE

Population Based Mental Health Services

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POPULATION BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
POPULATION BASED PROGRAMS
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Population-based mental health services are "actions that are applied either to collectivities (e.g. mass health education, promotion) or to the non-human components of the environment" (144) Examples of non-human components of the environment include; structures erected to prevent suicide from public buildings or bridges; blister packs on pharmaceuticals.