PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Assertive Community Treatment, Mental Health Court, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
16 Mar 2016
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Primary prevenion intervenions take place before a problem is developed and are directed at a populaion in general rather than speciic individuals. There are high rates of fas in the juvenile system, therefore, primary prevenion includes ad campaigns, such as don"t drink during pregnancy". Secondary prevenion: programs are directed at speciic groups, but the intervenion takes place early before signiicant problems have developed. Early intervenion, for example people might prevent bullies from becoming murderers. Teriary prevenion: takes place long ater problems have developed, and are usually quite costly as they oten involve insituional care and intensive case management. Also, serious criminal behaviour, including violence, has already occurred. The juvenile system is also a teriary prevenion. Individuals for whom mental disorder is the most signiicant in their involvement with the criminal jusice system and for whom treatment to target their mental disorder is primary. Individuals for whom mental disorder is not necessarily a primary target of treatment but a contribuing factor.
