How do prevention programs reduce the prevalence of mental disorder?
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should include
- prevention refers to thwarting the development of later problems and guides many mental health programs
- prevention can be viewed along a continuum with treatment and maintenance
- primary prevention refers to providing intervention to people with no signs of a particular disorder
- universal prevention targets large groups of people without a particular problem to reduce new cases of a disorder
- secondary prevention refers to addressing manageable problems before they become more resistant to treatment
- selective prevention targets people at risk for a particular problem
- tertiary prevention refers to reducing the duration and negative effects of a mental disorder after onset
- many prevention programs target children, adolescents, and young adults
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