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1 Introduction
Pages 15-32

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... adolescents ages 12-17 received treatment or counseling for MEB disorders in 2006 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2007b)
From page 16...
... In addition, a consensus is emerging around the need to promote positive aspects of emotional development. While additional research is needed, the efficacy of a wide range of preventive interventions has been established, particularly ones that reduce risk factors or enhance protective factors.
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... A growing body of prevention research points to the need for the national dialogue on mental health and substance abuse issues to embrace the healthy development of young people and at the same time to respond early and effectively to the needs of those with MEB disorders. Mental health and physical health are inseparable.
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... Supporting the development of children requires that infrastructure be in place in one or more systems -- public health, health care, education, community agencies -- to support and finance culturally appropriate preventive interventions at multiple levels. Similarly, the benefits or savings of prevention may occur in a system (e.g., education, justice)
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... Concerns have also been raised about the reliability of screenings conducted to identify suicide risk, as well as the effectiveness of preventive interventions designed to reduce suicide (Institute of Medicine, 2002)
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... published Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders: Frontiers for Preventive Intervention Research, a landmark assessment of research related to prevention of mental disorders (referred to throughout as the 1994 IOM report)
From page 21...
... Mental health and substance abuse professional and consumer organizations have taken steps to embrace prevention without abandoning the need for treatment. At the same time, the growth in research-based evidence and new government mandates related to program accountability have prompted focused attention on specific preventive interventions.
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... 1997 As part of a model programs initiative, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin istration (SAMHSA) created the National Registry of Effective Prevention Programs.
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... Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, and Justice. The World Federation for Mental Health, the Clifford Beers Foundation, and the Carter Center Mental Health Program organized the First World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders.
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... The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health was estab lished to identify policies that could be implemented by federal, state, and local governments to maximize the utility of existing resources, improve coordination of treatments and services, and promote successful commu nity integration for adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance. 2003 The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health released Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America, rec ommending a wholesale transformation of the nation's mental health care system that involves consumers and providers, policy makers at all levels of government, and the public and private sectors.
From page 25...
... 2006 The World Federation of Mental Health established an Office for the Pro motion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental Disorders. 2007 SAMHSA launched a new, expanded website to review mental health and substance abuse programs and practices.
From page 26...
... RCTs that were not identified by this search, the overall trend is unlikely to be affected. While not all of the articles report successful interventions or interventions that have a major impact on outcomes, the evidence base available now is significantly advanced beyond what was available at the time of the 1994 IOM report. Similarly, other types of evaluations that provide meaningful insights into mental health promotion and the prevention of MEB disorders have also been conducted.
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... . Impressive advances have been made in the development and documentation of efficacious interventions that successfully reduce an array of risk factors or enhance protective factors for MEB disorders and substance abuse.
From page 28...
... • Prepare a final report that will provide a state-of-the-art review of prevention research. the 1994 IOM report, Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders: Frontiers for Preventive Intervention Research, with special attention to the research base and program experience with younger populations since that time (see Box 1-2 for the complete charge)
From page 29...
... Substance abuse and dependence are mental disorders included in the DSM and diagnosed when symptoms and impairment reach a high level. However, substance use, including underage drinking, is a problem behavior of significant public health concern even when the symptoms are not severe enough to be considered a substance use disorder.
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... HIV preventive interventions aimed at reducing risky sexual behavior as well as interventions designed to prevent violence are included in our review. The committee was not asked to consider the status of treatment.
From page 31...
... Go to http://www.nap.edu and search for Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People.
From page 32...
... It begins with a discussion of implementation; although there is an emerging implementation science, neither research nor practice related to implementation has kept pace with the available evidence, and this represents an important area of needed focus for prevention science ­(Chapter 11)


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