Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health ppt

[...]... practicing clinicians on how such knowledge can be incorporated into practice This manual is exhaustive neither in reviewing prevention science nor in giving practical advice However, it is my hope that a balance has been achieved so that the tenets of prevention become more accessible to mental health practitioners xxv xxvi Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health Compiling a clinical manual of. .. generally the task of the field of public health (Last 2001) An example of primary prevention pertaining to infectious diseases is the prevention of influenza and other acute infections using vaccination In mental health, examples of primary prevention are less numerous, partly because of the lack of understanding of discrete etiological factors Thus, primary prevention in mental health tends to focus... is of particular interest xxx Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health to the GAP Prevention Committee, and part of our objective in conceiving this book was that it would be a useful resource for psychiatry residents and other mental health trainees in addition to practicing mental health professionals I would like to point out two other important caveats, by way of introduction to this manual. .. management of mental illness must take place in the context of a commitment to mental illness prevention and mental health promotion Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health will help to inform and guide practitioners to apply the principles of prevention to improve the mental health of their patients and communities It is my hope that this manual can serve as a handbook to health care professionals,... Manual of Prevention in Mental Health had its genesis in discussions within the Prevention Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) during its semiannual meetings in White Plains, New York, in 2007 Our committee’s objective during those discussions was to provide psychiatrists and other mental healthcare providers with a useful guide on becoming prevention- minded in routine clinical. .. discuss health promotion and the prevention of physical illnesses in psychiatric settings Rebecca Powers and I then give, in Chapter 13 ( Prevention of Cigarette Smoking”), an overview of the prevention of cigarette smoking, which is of great importance for mental health professionals in light of the astonishingly high rates of smoking among patients with serious mental illnesses In selecting these... encourages mental healthcare providers to expand their clinical practices, or the orientation or guiding principles of their practices, to include attention to prevention in addition to treatment Compared with our knowledge in some other areas of medicine, such as the prevention of infectious diseases, understandings of the prevention of mental illnesses remain in a relatively nascent state, especially in. .. Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Director of Research, VA Capitol Health Care Network MIRECC, Baltimore, Maryland xvii xviii Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health Benjamin G Druss, M.D., M.P.H Professor and Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health, Departments of Health Policy and Management and Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of. .. issues, in the framework of secondary and tertiary prevention, to a large extent However, given increasing emphasis on risk factor reduction and a growing body of research literature on prevention studies, the mental health professions are entering an era in which prevention principles can and should be integrated into treatment settings The science related to prevention in mental health is reviewed in. .. (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calltoaction/) In addition, given the xxiii xxiv Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health health disparities associated with individuals with severe mental illness, the focus on prevention of physical illness and disability among people with mental health problems is particularly important Disease prevention is one of the foundations of public health and is an essential component of all aspects of medicine . alt="" Clinical Manual of Prevention in Mental Health This page intentionally left blank Washington, DC London, England Clinical Manual of Prevention in. Publishing, Inc. 1000 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209-3901 www.appi.org Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Clinical manual of prevention