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The article discusses good practices for preventing mental illness. The review includes ten different projects or services that have been found to be effective in engaging and supporting the target group. Each project is discussed in detail, including the rationale for the approach, the resources required, management problems, and evidence of effectiveness. The review is very readable and should interest most practicing clinicians.
Increasingly, planners and practitioners are considering setting up a greater level of preventive mental health care at a local level. Preventing Mental Illness in Practice aims to inform their decisions by describing characteristics of good practice , and identifying a number of promising approaches which are described in some detail. The review represents the second stage of a prevention research project set up by MIND (National Association for Mental Health). The criteria used for identifying good practice are that the project: is targetted towards people known to be at high resk of mental illness; makes maximum use of existing natural, voluntary of community support networks; and supports people in a way that enhances their capacity to control their own life circumstances. The projects selected cover the life stages - from pregnancy and early childhood to old age. They are discussed in the context of relevant research findings which give the rationale for the approach. Ten different projects or services are described: what is provided, how the target group is engaged, the resources required, management problems, and evidence of effectiveness. Review: . . . very readable and should interest most practicing clinicians whatever their background. - British Journal of Clinical Psychology
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