Objective Children and adolescents with a low socioeconomic status (SES) are significantly
more often affected by mental health problems than their peers with a high SES. So far, little …

Public mental health (PMH) interventions aim to promote and improve the well-being of
members of a society. PMH is based on a normative understanding of what well-being is …

In 2002, a report of Brunel University [1] showed that different countries, for different
purposes, define disability differently: some countries define disability in terms of …

Mental disorders are considered to be costly in terms of elevated rates of healthcare
utilization and increased disability days. For the general German population there has been …

According to WHO estimates up to two‐fifths of all disability is associated with mental
disorders. Because of the severe burden of psychiatric disability on individuals, families and …

The new concept for social integration of people with disabilities pointed at the need to
develop disability assessment methodology with the subsequent validization, based on …

Abstract Background The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
(ICF), as well as the main goal of enabling participation, are of fundamental importance for …

Aims: This review presents the background work for developing a set of mental health
indicators as part of a comprehensive health monitoring system in the European Union. The …

Gainful employment-related performance capacity is a central but rarely considered
category of practical social medicine. Its evaluation belongs to the workday routine of social …