Reducing risks for mental disorders : frontiers for preventive intervention research / / Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders, Division of Biobehavorial Sciences and Mental Disorders, Institute of Medicine ; Patricia J. Mrazek and Robert J. Haggerty, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (635 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.2/0425/0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: MrazekPatricia Beezley HaggertyRobert J
• Note generali: Prepared at the request of the U.S. Congress.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: REDUCING RISKS FOR Mental Disorders; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abstract; BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE; EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE; CONDUCTING WELL-EVALUATED INTERVENTIONS; Contents; OVERVIEW; 1 Introduction; A NEW EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION: OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTHS; OBSTACLES TO PROGRESS; LOOKING FORWARD; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; REFERENCES; 2 New Directions in Definitions; CLASSIFYING PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR PHYSICAL ILLNESS; CLASSIFYING INTERVENTIONS FOR MENTAL DISORDERS; The Mental Health Intervention Spectrum for Mental Disorders ; Preventive Interventions for Mental DisordersMENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION; THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IN PRACTICE; REFERENCES; LESSONS FROM HEALTH RESEARCH; 3 Prevention of Physical Illness; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; SMOKING; INJURIES; FINDINGS AND LEADS; REFERENCES; 4 The Core Sciences: Contributions and Frontiers; NEUROSCIENCE; GENETICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; FINDINGS AND LEADS; REFERENCES; 5 Description of Five Illustrative Mental Disorders; DATA SOURCES, CONCEPTS, AND METHODOLOGIES USED IN THE DISORDER DESCRIPTIONS; Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study ; Conceptualization of OnsetMethods for Analyzing Onset; ILLUSTRATIVE DISORDERS; Conduct Disorder; Depressive Disorders; Alcohol Abuse and Dependence; Schizophrenia; Alzheimer's Disease; GAPS IN OUR KNOWLEDGE; Age-Specific Prevalence in Children; Child Psychiatric Nosology; Empirical Search for Prodromes; Co-morbidity; Transition to Adulthood; FINDINGS AND LEADS; REFERENCES; 6 Risk and Protective Factors for the Onset of Mental Disorders; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; Biological Risk Factors; Genetic Vulnerability; History of Head Trauma; Medical Risk Factors, Including Thyroid Disorders ; Maternal Age at Time of BirthPsychosocial Risk and Protective Factors; Educational Level; Smoking; Environmental Triggers; Future Directions in Identification of Risk and Protective Factors; Family Burden; Findings and Leads; SCHIZOPHRENIA; Biological Risk Factors; Genetic Vulnerability; Pregnancy and Birth Complications, Winter Births, and Viral Exposure; Biological Markers; Psychosocial Risk Factors; Low Socioeconomic Status; Disturbed Family Environment and Family Communicative Problems; Serious Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Childhood; Social Dysfunction; Substance Abuse ; Caregiver BurdenFindings and Leads; ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE; Biological Risk Factors; Genetic Vulnerability; Biological Markers; Psychosocial Risk Factors; Personality; Contextual Factors; Psychosocial Aspects of Parental Alcoholism; Protective Factors; Positive Group Norms; Strong Attachments; Genetic Factors Modifying Expression of the Disorder; Findings and Leads; DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS; Biological Risk Factors; Genetic Vulnerability; Disease and Medication; Brain Injury; Psychosocial Risk Factors; Severe and Traumatic Life Events; Accumulation of Stresses at a Time of Transition ; Sociodemographic Factors
• Titolo autorizzato: Reducing risks for mental disorders
• ISBN: 9786610195923; 9781280195921; 1280195924; 9780309568661; 0309568668
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970771703321
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