Why Systems Need Changing and How a Public Mental Health Approach Can Work | Now available for purchase
Who is this book for?
Leaders
Clinicians
Researchers
Administrators
Policy Makers
Educators
About the Editors
Patricia Gail Bray, PhD
Patricia Gail Bray is a dedicated public health and nonproft executive deeply committed to fostering systems and social change, equity, and research-informed multidisciplinary initiatives, specifcally with marginalized populations.
She holds an adjunct appointment at UTHealth Houston’s School of Public Health in Texas and is president of Westlake Health Consulting, LLC. Her extensive expertise includes applying scientific methodologies to co-developing and scaling complex collaborative programs and models at the intersection of medicine and public health. She has 30 years of experience working with the Texas Medical Center healthcare systems, including 7 years at The Menninger Clinic.
She received her Public Health doctoral degree from UTHealth Houston’s School of Public Health.
Arthur Maerlender, PhD, ABPP-CN
Arthur Maerlender is Board Certifed in Clinical Neuropsychology, a Research Associate Professor at the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior at the University of Nebraska and Adjunct Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the Department of Neurological Sciences.
Additionally, he is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.
He has worked with Dr. Bray for the past 8 years, advising and mentoring her work at Menninger. Currently, he is an integral voice for the important intersection between mental health, education, and public health. He received his doctoral degree from
the University of Notre Dame in Counseling Psychology.
About the Authors
Patricia Gail Bray, PhD
Department of Management, Policy and Community Health,
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston
Westlake Health Consulting, LLC
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BridgeUp at Menninger (formerly affiliated)
The Menninger Clinic
Houston, TX
Discover a public approach to adolescent mental health
Adolescent Public Mental Health is at the cutting edge of integrating adolescent mental health, prevention, social determinants of health, and equity. Bray, Maerlender, et al. present a multi-sector collaborative model whose cost to implement is nominal, scalable, and sustainable.
This book shows that mental health literacy and group support in schools can positively impact students, educators, and the community.
Topics Covered in APMH
Assessing the Issue
U.S. and global adolescent mental health, public health, and school mental health
Advocating for Change
Why a systems change is needed in adolescent mental health
Taking Action
How to implement an adolescent public mental health model