International Institute for
Society and Health
2006/07 PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES
You are invited to attend
Tuesday 20th March 5.00 pm
Professor Felicia A Huppert
Professor of Psychology and Fellow of Darwin College
University of Cambridge
`Positive mental health: towards an epidemiology of flourishing´
Most research on `mental health´ is concerned with human misery.
This talk will focus on psychological well-being, which is more than
the absence of disorder. It will review recent data and work in
progress which aims to identify the determinants and consequences
of positive well-being, from a behavioural, social and biological
perspective. The talk will emphasise the value of a life-course
perspective and the potential for interventions to enhance well-being
at the population level. It will be argued that such interventions will
not only increase average levels of well-being, with resultant benefits
for both individuals and society, but will also reduce the prevalence of
common mental and behavioural disorders. Advances in the
measurement of subjective well-being, including National Well-being
Accounts, will improve the ability of future studies to evaluate the
effectiveness of a new generation of interventions.
Felicia Huppert is a neuropsychologist with a special interest in the
patterns and determinants of cognitive abilities as people age.
In addition to her key role in longditudinal studies of ageing
populations, including the Cambridge City over 75 Cohort (CC75C) and
the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS), she has a
particular interest in healthy ageing and and its relationship to
neuroendocrine function and social factors.
This seminar will be chaired by Professor Sir Michael Marmot
This seminar will be held at UCL. RSVP seminar attendance by
16/03/07 (indicating any special needs and for directions to the
seminar room) Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 020 7679 8249 Drinks &
snacks at 6pm after the seminar.
You may access an audio recording of past seminars at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm
Jane Johnson
Administrative Assistant
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL
1-19 Torrington Place
London, WC1E 6BT
T: +44(0)20 7679 8249
www.ucl.ac.uk/capabilityandresilience
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