Volume 37 · Number 5
MAY 2007
An Ounce of Prevention Has No Face
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This issue of Psychiatric Annals, dedicated to prevention in psychiatry, is guest edited by Michael T. Compton MD, MPH. Although the authors of the articles in this series make the argument for prevention in psychiatry, the huge toll of death, disability, and suffering that could be avoided by the development and utilization of effective prevention strategies becomes clear. Then why don’t we get more excited and care more about prevention. Why isn’t prevention sexy?
Prevention in Psychiatry
Michael T. Compton, MD, MPH
Prevention Psychiatry
Carol Koplan, MD;
Anthony Charuvastra, MD;
Michael T. Compton, MD, MPH;
James C. MacIntyre II, MD;
Rebecca A. Powers, MD, MPH;
David Pruitt, MD;
Larry Wissow, MD, MPH
Prevention of Suicide
J. John Mann, MD;
Dianne Currier, PhD
Toward Prevention Approaches for Schizophrenia: An Overview of Prodromal States, the Duration of Untreated Psychosis, and Early Intervention Paradigms
Michael T. Compton, MD, MPH;
Thomas H. McGlashan, MD;
Patrick D. McGorry, MD
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention
Rebecca A. Powers, MD, MPH
Adverse Childhood Events as Risk Factors for Negative Mental Health Outcomes
Daniel P. Chapman, PhD, MSc;
Shanta R. Dube, PhD, MPH;
Robert F. Anda, MD, MS
Becoming a Preventionist
Patricia J. Mrazek, MSW, PhD;
Gail F. Ritchie, MSW
Prevention in Psychiatry: A Resident’s Perspective
Anthony Charuvastra, MD
