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

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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
Group Author: Boat Thomas F; Warner Kenneth E 1947-; O'Connell Mary Ellen 1960-
Published: National Academies Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Item Description: Reducing risks for mental disorders.
Carrier Form: xxix, 562 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication Frequency: Also available in electronic form as viewed 14 July 2009.
ISBN: 9780309126748 (hardcover)
0309126746 (hardcover)
9780309126755 (pdf)
0309126754 (pdf)
Index Number: R749
CLC: R749-017.12
Call Number: R749-017.12/P944
Contents: "National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."
"This report builds on ... 1994 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report entitled Reducing risks for mental disorders"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.