‘Closing the Mental Health Treat Gap’: Inaugural lecture of Prof Paul Burstow

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Channel: University of Birmingham · 2017 · Education

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The College of Social Sciences were delighted to welcome over 100 guests for the inaugural lecture of Professor Paul Burstow, Professor of Mental Health Policy at the University of Birmingham.

Professor Burstow, former Minister of State for Care Services under the coalition government and current Chair of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, discussed the current National Health Service (NHS) mental health provision before moving on to how this needs to radically change in order to meet future demands on the service.

Globally mental health conditions account for almost a quarter of the burden of disease yet in most health care systems attract significantly less resources to meet need.  Mental health conditions are recognised as accelerants of healthcare resource utilisation and suboptimal outcomes in both morbidity and mortality, with life expectancy comparable to the life expectancy of the general population in the 1950s.  Professor Paul Burstow, a former Minister of Mental Health in England is leading a policy commission for the University of Birmingham examining the best practice based evidence for a new paradigm for mental health that looks to the wider social determinants, adopts assets based approaches and early intervention across the life course.

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