Bücher der Reihe Prevention Practice Kit

This first book in the Prevention Practice Kit overviews the prevention field and Kit contents, and highlights key points emerging through the historical evolution of prevention. It gives special attention to elements that are infused throughout all books: a systemic, ecological approach and community and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Presenting concrete examples of programs based on the authors' real world experiences engaging in culturally responsive prevention, this book addresses issues of social injustice and cultural relevance.

Provides counselors, psychologists, and other mental health workers with practical steps that need to be considered by prevention practitioners as they engage with others in developing and delivering prevention projects.

Provides an introduction to evidence-based prevention in psychology. This book addresses the types of questions that may be most pertinent to counselors, psychologists, and other mental health workers who are engaged in prevention and interested in understanding evidence-based programs.

Illustrating how carefully constructed programs are involved with reaching prevention goals and using examples and drawing from a clearly presented framework, this seventh book in the Prevention Practice Kit helps readers easily translate concepts of program development and evaluation (PD&E) into doable, practical steps.

Provides an overview of the types of policies governments establish to prevent mental disorders and the various ways in which these policies are created. This title describes the process of analyzing public programs, laws, policies, and managerial innovations in mental disorder prevention.