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The State of prevention in mental health
Author(s) -
Landsberg Gerald
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1977.tb00885.x
Subject(s) - mental health , confusion , psychology , key (lock) , state (computer science) , psychiatry , medicine , computer security , psychoanalysis , computer science , algorithm
W ithin the past two decades, prevention in mental health has become a key concept; however, its effectiveness has been impaired because of confusion, inconsistency, and, too often, empty promises. According to a report issued by two leading mental health associations, prevention is the least understood of the essential mental health services as to what it is supposed to be and what it is supposed to accomplish. (Glasscote, et al., 1969)