Public mental health: an interdisciplinary subject?
The Chief Medical Officer's report for 2013 was the first of its kind to highlight the public's mental rather than physical health and thus represents a very important landmark for public health in the UK. Written primarily from the perspective of psychiatrists, the report has created confusion in public health circles by failing to adequately address the public health perspective. David Foreman's editorial in this issue, calling as it does for more training in public health for psychiatrists, is therefore very welcome and timely.
Sarah L. Stewart-Brown, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Email: sarah.stewart-brown@warwick.ac.uk.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011570:Psychiatry; D011634:Public Health