TY - JOUR AB - Public mental health can be described as the science, politics and art of creating a mentally healthy society. This paper discusses these three concepts with reference to the literature as the necessary components of any strategy or programme to create, promote and maintain mental well‐being at a community and population level. It goes on to describe how they were applied in a cross‐border rural mental health project in Ireland. VL - 4 IS - 1 SN - 1746-5729 DO - 10.1108/17465729200500008 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200500008 AU - Barry Margaret PY - 2005 Y1 - 2005/01/01 TI - Creating a mentally healthy society: lessons from a cross‐border rural mental health project in Ireland T2 - Journal of Public Mental Health PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 30 EP - 34 Y2 - 2024/09/20 ER -