This report calls on the nation—its leaders, its mental health research and service provision
agencies, its schools, its primary care medical systems, its community-based organizations …

Background Hel** young people to avoid starting smoking is a widely endorsed public
health goal, and schools provide a route to communicate with nearly all young people …

This article summarizes a much lengthier one that appeared in Prevention and Treatment.
The earlier article grew out of a project initiated by the Department of Health and Human …

Detailed and comprehensive, this volume presents authoritative discussions by leading
scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is …

The past 30 yrs have seen widespread proliferation of prevention and positive youth
development (PYD) programs. More recently, the field has witnessed a greater focus on …

Report is based, offers an overview of international evidence-based programmes and
policies for preventing mental and behavioural disorders. It focuses on primary prevention …

Communities that care: Action for drug abuse prevention. Communities that care: Action for drug
abuse prevention. Citation Hawkins, JD, & Catalano, RF, Jr. (1992). Communities that care: Action …

This article criticizes the predominant use of fear appeals in social marketing. Laboratory
studies, which have been the basis for most of the research on fear appeals and which …

Adolescent mental health represents a neglected area of research. Mental health objectives
include the promotion of optimal functioning as well as the prevention and reduction of …

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and
Possibilities | The National Academies Press Skip to main content Navigate to Help Ordering …