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BPS updates, Mental health

Global Psychology Alliance issues statement on population health

The new white paper from the Global Psychology Alliance (GPA) asks how psychology fits within a population health framework.

28 July 2023

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With recent global challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical turmoil having created an unprecedented need for mental health services worldwide, the statement looks at the role that psychologists have to play in meeting demand.

It calls for providers to adopt a forward-thinking, inclusive framework to adopt a population health approach to help relieve treatment gaps and address need at a population level.

You can read the full white paper on the GPA website.

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