Commentary on: Mendelson T & Eaton WW. Recent advances in the prevention of mental disorders. SPPE (2018).


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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?

Publication Date
2018-09
Online Publication Date
2018-08-07
Acceptance Date
2018-07-24
Keywords
Humans, Mental Disorders
Journal Title
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Journal ISSN
0933-7954
1433-9285
Volume Title
53
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (via Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) (unknown)
National Institute for Health Research (CLAHRC East of England)