In this chapter, the authors aim to focus on ecological, public health
promotion activities and approaches and to introduce readers to
promoting adolescent mental health in daily life, using Information
Technology or E-Health mediums. First, the authors describe the most
common mental health problems reported among adolescents. Second, the
authors take a more detailed look at the promotion of mental health in
this age group and highlight matters such as: (1) relevant recently
policy documents, (2) the case for evidence-based, psychosocial early
interventions, and (3) the key argument that serious mental health
problems in adult life might be off set, prevented and/or their impact
minimised by enacting mental health promotion activities for
adolescents. Thirdly, the authors explore how E-Health promotion has the
potential to be seen as an alternative to conventional programmes in
mental health care and is seen as having significant potential given how
the data tend to show how frequently and commonly 16- to 24-year-olds
use the internet. The chapter concludes by discussing a variety of
venues and ‘platforms’, schools for instance, where there is already an
emerging body of evidence that highlights the efficacy of such
programmes and interventions.