How do we engage global communities in the de-stigmatisation of mental illness?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that high-income countries often address discrimination against people with mental health problems, but that low/middle income countries often have significant gaps in their approach to this subject-in how they measure the problem, and in strategies, policies and programmes to prevent it. Localised actions have occurred. These include the Hong Kong government's 2017 international conference on overcoming the stigma of mental illness, and the 2018 London Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit.

The benefits of interprofessional education 10 years on.

Interprofessional education (IPE) was first conceived in 1973 by a World Health Organization (WHO) expert group in Geneva. WHO member states were then charged with implementing medical education IPE pilot projects and from then to today there has a been a rapid proliferation in the number of publications on the subject. IPE has generated research into its use, conferences specific to IPE, organisations dedicated to it and policy championing it.

Exploring mental health students' perceptions of role models.

This article describes and reflects on a qualitative study that attempted to develop further understanding of the concept of role models, using the experiences of third-year students undertaking mental health nurse education. Although there is a wealth of literature regarding role models, little exists that acknowledges what, in this case, students want of a role model, or how the students identify the positive attributes of a significant role model. The researcher used a qualitative approached based on phenomenological methods.

Benefits of interprofessional education in health care.

This article examines some of the literature regarding the benefits of interprofessional education (IPE) in the field of health care. These benefits in relation to service users (and carers), higher education institutions, service providers and students are all explored. Barriers to IPE are being broken down by many of the various stakeholders working towards a similar agenda.