Social Determinants of Mental Health

Prof. Andrea Fiorillo is Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" in Naples, Italy. He is President of the European Psychiatric Association (2025-2027) and President of the Italian Society for Social Psychiatry (2022-2025). HIs main research interests include social psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology, prevention of mental disorders, and promotion of physical and mental health, and education in psychiatry. He has authored over 250 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and more than 10 books in the field of mental health. He is Editor of European Psychiatry, the official journal of the European Psychiatric Association.Dr. Serafino De Giorgi is currently the Director of the Department of Mental Health at “Azienda Sanitaria Locale” of Lecce. He served as a Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Bari, Faculty of Medicine, Lecce branch office. He has participated in approximately 500 national and international Congresses and Scientific Courses. He is author or co-author of over 80 scientific publications on topics such as clinical psychopathology, clinical governance, organisation and management of services, clinical risk management, prescriptive appropriateness, and professional responsibility of psychiatrists. He is the President of the Italian Society for Social Psychiatry.

• Preface.- 1. Organization of community mental health care in Italy.- 2. The bio-psycho-social model revised of mental health.- 3. How Social Determinants of Mental Health influence clinical dimensions of mental disorders.- 4. Initiatives for ending stigma and discrimination in mental health.- 5. MENTAL HEALTH AND THE ROLE OF NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES.- 6. Transforming mental health systems for youth: an unavoidable priority.- 7. Gender inequality and women mental health: where do we stand?.- 8. Violence and Mental Health.- 9. New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): a Rising Pandemic in the Mental Health Field?.- 10. The Mental Health of LGBTQIA+ population.- 11. Promoting mental health in low-resource settings: focus on WHO psychological interventions.- 12. Migration, mental health and human rights.- 13. Radicalization and mental health.- 14. Promotion of physical health and healthy lifestyle behaviors in patients with mental disorders.- 15. Pollution and climate changes as environmental determinants of poor mental health.- 16. Social and Cultural Determinants of Suicide.- 17. TRAUMA AND MENTAL HEALTH: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMAS.- 18. URBANIZATION AND MENTAL HEALTH.- 19. The impact of job on mental health.- 20. Sport and mental health.- 21. Personal recovery in people with mental disorders: the achievement of a meaningful life.