The Handbook of Youth Prevention Science describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the prevention of individual disorders without acknowledging the overlapping goals, strategies, and impacts of prevention programs. This Handbook reflects current research and practice by organizing prevention science around comprehensive systems that reach...
The Handbook of Youth Prevention Science describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Trad...
Throughout the book preventive interventions are seen as a necessary component of effective mental health programmes, not as a replacement for therapeutic interventions.
Throughout the book preventive interventions are seen as a necessary component of effective mental health programmes, not as a replacement for therape...
