This book offers a comprehensive overview of current research, policy, and practice developments in promoting mental health and well-being. It offers guidance on developing and delivering mental health promotion interventions across a variety of settings internationally. Chapters outline key mental health promotion concepts, implementation processes, and outcomes through empirical findings, practical advice based on successful evidence-based approaches, and templates for action. In addition, chapters answer key "how" questions on practical implementation as well as the "whys", providing rationales for mental health promotion and identifying the key factors and underlying principles that make these interventions work. The book includes examples of evidence-based practice with 17 case studies of innovative interventions from different international settings. These case studies illustrate the practical aspects of intervention development and delivery and the realities of implementing policies and programes outside of controlled research conditions.

Section 1: Introduction to Mental Health Promotion.- Chapter 1: Concepts and Principles of Mental Health Promotion.- Chapter 2: Reframing the Challenge of Promoting Population Mental Health.- Chapter 3: Advancing Evidence-based Action for Mental Health Promotion.- Section 2: Implementing Mental Health Promotion.- Chapter 4: Implementation Processes and Strategies for Mental Health Promotion.- Chapter 5: A Generic Template for Implementing Mental Health Promotion.- Section 3: Community Mental Health Promotion.- Chapter 6: Community Mental Health Promotion Principles and Strategies.- Chapter 7: Implementing Community-based Mental Health Promotion Strategies.- Section 4: Mental Health Promotion for Children and Families.- Chapter 8: Promoting the Mental Health of Children and Families in the Early Years.- Chapter 9: Implementing Parenting and Preschool Programmes.- Section 5: Mental Health Promotion in Schools.- Chapter 10: Promoting Children's and Young People's Mental Health in Schools.- Chapter 11: Implementing Universal and Targeted Mental Health Promotion Interventions in Schools.- Section 6: Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace.- Chapter 12: Promoting Mentally Healthy Workplaces.- Chapter 13: Addressing Mental Health Problems at Work.- Section 7: Mental Health Promotion in Primary Care.- Chapter 14: Implementing Mental Health Promotion in Primary Care.- Section 8: Mental Health Promotion Within Mental Health Services.- Chapter 15: Re-orienting Mental Health Services to Mental Health Promotion.- Chapter 16: Implementing Mental Health Promotion Approaches in Mental Health Services.