PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Problem Solving, Free Education, Public Health
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Intervention and prevention of psychopathology in the community. Prevalence of disorder outstrips the availability of help. Prevent people from getting it: to help diminish the number of people in need of help, prevention of psychopathology, people of specific groups of increased risk. Who is at risk for developing psychopathology: people with a history of psychopathology. Primary: involved in reducing the incidence of psychopathology, mitigate stress/ reduce stress, 3 approaches, universal approach. Designed to include all individuals in preventing psychopathology. Number 1 reason people use and abuse substances is availability. In the usa they tried to teach kids to say no to drugs, make it socially acceptable to say no: selective prevention. Targeting high risk groups/ specific subsection (subset) of population. Preventing risky behaviors and risky thoughts: indicated groups. The most at risk group of children are children without parents (most stressful psychological condition) Secondary: treatment, reduce the display of symptoms.
