Preventive psychiatry: Overview

Preventive psychiatry aims at the reduction of mental disorders and behavioural problems by identifying risk and protective factors and applying evidence-based interventions in the framework of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Preventive psychiatry located within a public mental health fr...

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Published inIndian journal of social psychiatry : official publication of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 76 - 78
Main Author Sharma, Shridhar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mumbai Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2017
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Alcohol
Analysis
Care and treatment
Cultural heritage
Families & family life
Health promotion
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental illness
Migration
Population
Prevention
Preventive psychiatry
primary
Psychiatry
Public health
Risk factors
secondary
Society
Studies
Suicide
tertiary prevention
Values
India
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Summary:Preventive psychiatry aims at the reduction of mental disorders and behavioural problems by identifying risk and protective factors and applying evidence-based interventions in the framework of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Preventive psychiatry located within a public mental health framework provides an opportunity to recognise important preventive elements in the existing psychiatric practice. Mental health professionals have several important roles to play in the prevention field. These include role of mental health advocates, technical advisers, program leaders, researchers and preventive care providers.
ISSN:0971-9962
2454-8316
DOI:10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_49_17