Offers a new framework for mental health promotion, applying it to policy, assessment, consultation, education and training. A significant addition to the study of health promotion, will be widely welcomed.

Keith Tudor is a trained social worker and is now a psychotherapist in private practice, Sheffield. He is also honorary research fellow, King's College, London.

Introduction; I: Defining the field; 1: Mental health; 2: Health promotion; 3: Mental health promotion; 4: Community; 5: Community mental health promotion; II: Developing the field; 6: Mental health policy; 7: Mental health assessment; 8: Mental health consultation; 9: Mental health education and training; III: Breaking out of the field; 10: Beyond mental health promotion