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Social policy and prevention in mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2001

EMORY L. COWEN
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
JOSEPH A. DURLAK
Affiliation:
Loyola University of Chicago

Abstract

This article presents policy recommendations relating to two aspects of primary prevention in mental health: (a) preventing adverse negative outcomes and (b) building health and wellness from the start and maintaining it thereafter. Recommendations for reducing diverse negative outcomes and end states reflect interconnections and bidirectional influences among physical, social–interpersonal, cognitive–academic, and “mental health” outcomes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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