Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people
Subtitle: progress and possibilities
By: Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions ; Mary Ellen O'Connell, Thomas Boat, and Kenneth E. Warner, editors ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Contributors: O'Connell, Mary Ellen.; Boat, Thomas F.; Warner, Kenneth E., 1947-; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions.; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780309126748; 9780309126755
Subjects: Mental illness -- Prevention -- Research -- Government policy -- United States; Mental health promotion -- Research -- Government policy -- United States; Mental illness -- United States -- Prevention; Mental health promotion -- United States
Other titles: Reducing risks for mental disorders.
Description: Several decades of research have shown that the promise and potential lifetime benefits of preventing mental, emotional, and behavioural (MEB) disorders are greatest by focusing on young people and that early interventions can be effective in delaying or preventing the onset of such disorders. National priorities that build on this evidence base should include (1) assurance that individuals who are at risk receive the best available evidence-based interventions prior to the onset of a disorder and (2) the promotion of positive MEB development for all children, youth and young adults.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Reducing risks for mental disorders. 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.