Primary Prevention Works
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Mental disorders cost the United States over $72 billion for treatment, related support and lost productivity each year - yet funding for prevention of such disorders has been inconsistent due, partly, to lack of confidence in the effectiveness of specific prevention programmes. This book highlights some of the most effective prevention programmes and offers a common set of principles to reduce maladaptive behaviour.
Following an overview of United States prevention history and a description of how to operationalize George Albee's incidence formula, contributors then focus on: programmes that increase parent-child interaction and parenting ability; preschool programmes, such as those which use parents as teachers, others wh
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0761904689
ISBN13:9780761904687
Release Date:December 1996
Publisher:Sage Publications, Inc
Length:440 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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