Commentary on: Mendelson T & Eaton WW. Recent advances in the prevention of mental disorders. SPPE (2018).
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Publication Date
2018-09Journal Title
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
ISSN
0933-7954
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
53
Issue
9
Pages
889-891
Language
eng
Type
Article
Physical Medium
Print-Electronic
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Jones, P. (2018). Commentary on: Mendelson T & Eaton WW. Recent advances in the prevention of mental disorders. SPPE (2018).. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 53 (9), 889-891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1564-4
Abstract
Medicine of the mind, a highly interdisciplinary activity now known as
psychiatry, was born in asylums concerned with the later stages of severe
conditions that continue to shape even our most recent diagnostic classifications.
Schizophrenia is the prototypical example. Despite this heritage, evidence-based
approaches from clinical mental health sciences have alerted us to the potential
benefits or early interventions to prevent such outcomes, while epidemiology
has shown that less severe but common illnesses such as depression and anxiety
are highly comorbid states that wax and wane in the population. Life course
models now encompass developmental origins of health and disorder, and
modern, multi-level concepts of causation offer the possibility of decisive
preventative action. Psychiatry has shifted to the left, and prevention science has
matured. What does the evidence tell us about prevention of mental disorders?
Keywords
Humans, Mental Disorders
Sponsorship
National Institute for Health Research
(CLAHRC East of England)
Funder references
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (via Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) (unknown)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1564-4
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/284753
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