Abstract
This report reviews the current status of prevention in psychiatry. A more detailed discussion of specific topics, derived from working papers prepared for the Committee, will in addition be published as an edited book by Gaskell Press.
Highlights
This report reviews the current status of prevention in psychiatry
Prevention is reviewed in the psychiatric specialities of childhood disorders, mental handicap, old age psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, and in certain settings, such as general hospitals, general practice, the workplace, and developing countries
Selected examples include projects designed to ameliorate impact of major life events such as bereavement and life threatening catas trophes, using crisis intervention, counselling and cognitive-behavioural approaches; provision of supportive networks to those undergoing chronic adversity; studies of screening followed by appropri ate intervention in general practice, at work, and in vulnerable groups such as postnatal mothers; detec tion and intervention for somatisers in general hospitals; impact of school-based health educational programmes regarding drugs, alcohol, sexual behav iour, severe dieting; community response pro grammes to limit drug use in affected communities; longer term studies using interventions in children of broken families, children in care, and children of psychiatrically ill parents
Summary
This report reviews the current status of prevention in psychiatry. A more detailed discussion of specific topics, derived from working papers prepared for the Committee, will in addition be published as an edited book by Gaskell Press. Report of the Special Committee on the Place of Prevention in Psychiatry This report reviews the current status of prevention in psychiatry.
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