Collaborative strategies are under-utilized for mental health promotion: Against the motion

Mental health promotion and prevention are increasingly recognized as having a vital role in public mental health around the world, and current evidence indicates various positive health and social outcomes. For this reason, the majority of national and international bodies have lent their support and advised their members to learn about, support, promote, and collaborate with others to instigate these strategies. The majority of health promotion strategies involve multiple and varied stakeholders, and therefore such interventions can prove challenging to organize. Improved infrastructure both regionally, nationally, and globally would help groups of stakeholders to collaborate even more efficiently. Conducting accurate and appropriate research can also prove difficult, and more data in terms of cost-effectiveness would be beneficial to prove the true cost-effectiveness of such collaborative interventions. Nonetheless, these are not insurmountable issues, and the future appears bright for collaborative health promotional interventions.