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Primary Prevention Mental Health Programs: The Future is Exciting
Author(s) -
Durlak Joseph A.,
Wells Anne M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1024674631189
Subject(s) - health psychology , mental health , rubric , primary prevention , public health , intervention (counseling) , psychology , outcome (game theory) , prevention science , program evaluation , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , nursing , political science , psychotherapist , psychiatry , pedagogy , disease , mathematical economics , mathematics , pathology , public administration
Current outcome research on primary prevention mental health programs is encouraging and the future is exciting. Data continue to accumulate regarding the efficacy of preventive intervention. Exemplary programs can prevent multiple problems across different outcome domains suggesting the need for collaboration among preventionists across disciplines and research areas. The commentators on our review (Durlak and Wells, 1997) offered many useful suggestions to improve the next generation of research. Most recommendations fall broadly under the rubric of increasing the precision of theory, design, and program evaluation. If current recommendations for improving future research are followed, the next reviewers of primary prevention mental health programs for children and adolescents will have a more complete and useful database for analysis.