What is a Mentally Healthy City?
A mentally healthy city addresses mental health as a comprehensive, whole of life, health and well-being agenda involving individual citizens and the support of the broader community.
It is a city that understands and supports the availability and ease of access of mental health services based on a stepped care approach comprising of a hierarchy of interventions, from least to the most intensive according to an individual’s needs.
It aims to establish a community culture of support in a positive community environment and stigma reduction.