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Download fileMoving towards a population health approach to the primary prevention of common mental disorders
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posted on 2012-11-27, 00:00 authored by Felice JackaFelice Jacka, A Mykletun, Michael BerkMichael BerkThere is a need for the development of effective universal preventive approaches to the common mental disorders, depression and anxiety, at a population level. Poor diet, physical inactivity and smoking have long been recognized as key contributors to the high prevalence noncommunicable diseases. However, there are now an increasing number of studies suggesting that the same modifiable lifestyle behaviors are also risk factors for common mental disorders. In this paper we point to the emerging data regarding lifestyle risk factors for common mental disorders, with a particular focus on and critique of the newest evidence regarding diet quality. On the basis of this most recent evidence, we consequently argue for the inclusion of depression and anxiety in the ranks of the high prevalence noncommunicable diseases influenced by habitual lifestyle practices. We believe that it is both feasible and timely to begin to develop effective, sustainable, population-level prevention initiatives for the common mental illnesses that build on the established and developing approaches to the noncommunicable somatic diseases.
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BMC medicineVolume
10Pagination
1 - 6Publisher
BioMed CentralLocation
London, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1741-7015Language
engNotes
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Publication classification
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anxietyetiologycommon mental disordersdietdepressionlifestylephysical activitypreventionrisksmokingScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineMedicine, General & InternalGeneral & Internal MedicineFOOD-CONSUMPTION FREQUENCYDEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMSDIETARY PATTERNSPHYSICAL-ACTIVITYEXERCISE INTERVENTIONSPERCEIVED STRESSASSOCIATIONQUALITY