TY - JOUR T1 - Establishing a Mental Health Surveillance in Germany: Development of a framework concept and indicator set AU - Thom, Julia AU - Mauz, Elvira AU - Peitz, Diana AU - Kersjes, Christina AU - Aichberger, Marion AU - Baumeister, Harald AU - Bramesfeld, Anke AU - Daszkowski, Jurand AU - Eichhorn, Theresa AU - Gaebel, Wolfgang AU - Härter, Martin AU - Jacobi, Frank AU - Kuhn, Joseph AU - Lindert, Jutta AU - Margraf, Jürgen AU - Melchior, Hanne AU - Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas AU - Nebe, Angelika AU - Orpana, Heather AU - Peth, Judith AU - Reininghaus, Ulrich AU - Riedel-Heller, Steffi AU - Rose, Uwe AU - Schomerus, Georg AU - Schuler, Daniela AU - von Rüden, Ursula AU - Hölling, Heike AB - In the course of the recognition of mental health as an essential component of population health, the Robert Koch Institute has begun developing a Mental Health Surveillance (MHS) system for Germany. MHS aims to continuously report data for relevant mental health indicators, thus creating a basis for evidence-based planning and evaluation of public health measures. In order to develop a set of indicators for the adult population, potential indicators were identified through a systematic literature review and selected in a consensus process by international and national experts and stakeholders. The final set comprises 60 indicators which, together, represent a multidimensional public health framework for mental health across four fields of action. For the fifth field of action ‘Mental health promotion and prevention’ indicators still need to be developed. The methodology piloted proved to be practicable. Strengths and limitations will be discussed regarding the search and definition of indicators, the scope of the indicator set as well as the participatory decision-making process. Next steps in setting up the MHS will be the operationalisation of the single indicators and their extension to also cover children and adolescents. Given assured data availability, the MHS will contribute to broadening our knowledge on population mental health, supporting a targeted promotion of mental health and reducing the disease burden in persons with mental disorders. KW - Public Health KW - Surveillance KW - Mental Health KW - Mental Disorders KW - Indicator KW - 610 Medizin und Gesundheit PY - 2021 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut VL - 4 SP - 34 EP - 63 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/8861 ER -