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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Preventive psychiatry: Concept appraisal and future directions
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Volume 60, No. 4, Year 2014
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Description
Preventive psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that aims at health promotion, protection from specific mental illnesses, early diagnosis, effective treatment, disability limitation and rehabilitation. Prevention of neuropsychiatric illnesses as compared to other illnesses is particularly important as they run a chronic course and cause substantial disability. Preventive measures have been found to be effective in reducing incidence and disability in a wide range of mental illnesses such as depression, psychosis, anxiety and conduct disorders. The need of the hour is to translate advances in our understanding of mental illness into effective intervention programmes for the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of positive mental health. © The Author(s) 2013.
Authors & Co-Authors
Trivedi, Jitendra K.
India, Lucknow
King George's Medical University
Tripathi, Adarsh
India, Lucknow
King George's Medical University
Dhanasekaran, Saranya
India, Lucknow
King George's Medical University
Moussaoui, Driss
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Statistics
Citations: 8
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0020764013488570
e-ISSN:
17412854
Research Areas
Disability
Mental Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cohort Study