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Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people progress and possibilities

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connell, Mary Ellen
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions, National Research Council (U.S.) Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Other Authors: Boat, Thomas F., Warner, Kenneth E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press c2009, 2009
Subjects:
Child
United States
Young Adult
Preventive Health Services
Mental Disorders / Economics
Health Promotion
Adolescent
Mental Disorders / Prevention & Control
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The nature and extent of the problem
  • Defining the scope of prevention
  • Using a developmental framework to guide prevention and promotion
  • Perspectives from developmental neuroscience
  • Family, school, and community interventions
  • Prevention of specific disorders and promotion of mental health
  • Screening for prevention
  • Benefits and costs of prevention
  • Advances in prevention methodology
  • Implementation and dissemination of prevention programs
  • Prevention infrastructure
  • Toward an improved approach to prevention
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-492) and index

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