Reducing risks for mental disorders : frontiers for preventive intervention research /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
Description:	xxvii, 605 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental illness -- Prevention -- Research -- Government policy -- United States. Mental health promotion -- Research -- Government policy -- United States. Mental illness -- United States -- Prevention. Mental health promotion -- United States. Mental Disorders -- prevention & control -- United States. Risk Factors Preventive Psychiatry Mental health promotion. Mental illness -- Prevention. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1599710

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Other authors / contributors:	Mrazek, Patricia Beezley Haggerty, Robert J. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders United States. Congress
ISBN:	0309049393
Notes:	Prepared at the request of the U.S. Congress. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. New-Directions in Definitions
3. Prevention of Physical Illness
4. The Core Sciences: Contributions and Frontiers
5. Description of Five Illustrative Mental Disorders
6. Risk and Protective Factors for the Onset of Mental Disorders
7. Illustrative Preventive Intervention Research Programs
8. Treatment Research and Prevention Research: A Collaborative Frontier
9. Mental Health Promotion
10. Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Programs Within the Preventive Intervention Research Cycle
11. The Knowledge Exchange Process: From Research Into Practice
12. Infrastructure for Prevention: Funding, Personnel, and Coordination
13. Conclusions and Recommendations: An Agenda for the Next Decade
App. A: Summary
App. B: Contributors
App. C: Workshops
App. D: Background Materials
App. E: Journals Publishing Prevention Articles Related to Mental Disorders.

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