Evidence summaries for mental health promotion and prevention

Prevention United has been commissioned by the Wellbeing Promotion Office (Victorian Department of Health) to produce bi-monthly evidence summaries of “what works” to promote mental wellbeing and prevent mental ill-health.

These summaries are designed to assist people working on the promotion of mental wellbeing, the prevention of mental health conditions, or the building of mental health literacy. They provide a snapshot of selected peer-reviewed journal articles and grey literature that have been published in the last 3 months to help workers stay up-to-date with important new research.

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Evidence summary #1 – May 2024

This first edition takes a deep dive into childhood adversity and child maltreatment as risk factors for mental ill-health, summarises several articles from a special issue of Mental Health & Prevention, looks at the latest income inequality data, and fact-checks the new book by Jonathan Haidt – “The Anxious Generation”.