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Title: PREVENTION IN MENTAL HEALTH


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  • PREVENTION IN MENTAL HEALTH

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PRESENTER
  • ROBERT K. CONYNE, Ph.D.
  • PROFESSOR EMERITUS
  • COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST
  • UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

3
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • TO UNDERSTAND MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION CONCEPTS
  • TO DIFFERENTIATE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
  • TO LEARN A MODEL FOR PREVENTION

4
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
  • DESCRIBE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED
  • KNOW WHAT TO INCLUDE IN PROGRAMS
  • IDENTIFY EFEECTIVE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

5
Epidemiology Mental Illness
  • Adults (under 55)
  • 20 of U.S. adults per year (44 million)
  • Children/Adolescents
  • 20 of 9-17 years old per year (U.S. Surgeon
    General)

6
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  • 1962 4 MILLION TRIED ILLEGAL DRUGS
  • 1999 87.7 MILLION
  • USERS OVER AGE 12
  • -1979 25.4 MILLION
  • -1992 12 MILLION
  • -1999 14.8 MILLION

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LITERACY
  • 20 MILLION ILLITERATE ADULTS (13)
  • 20 MILLION MARGINALLY LITERATE
  • -----------------------
  • 4 MILLION OF THESE PEOPLE ARE REACHED

8
COST OF MENTAL ILLNESS
  • 1996
  • -DIRECT COST 69 BILLION.
  • -INDIRECT COST 78.6 BILLION
  • (Surgeon General)

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ONE POPULATION AFRICAN AMERICANS
  • POVERTY 1999, 22
  • HOMELESS 40 OF HOMELESS POPULATION
  • INCARCERATION HALF OF ALL STATE NATIONAL
    PRISONERS

10
AFRICAN-AMERICANS (CONTD)
  • ACCESS 20 FEWER ARE COVERED BY EMPLOYER-BASED
    HEALTH INS.
  • USE ONLY ONE-HALF THAT OF WHITES EMERGENCY USE
    HIGH

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INCIDENCE
  • TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT OR RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF
  • NEW CASES OF A DISORDER OR PROBLEM

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TO REDUCE INCIDENCE
  • DECREASE
  • STRESS EXPLOITATION
  • INCREASE
  • COPING SKILLS SELF-ESTEEM
  • SUPPORT
  • (Albee, modified, 1982)

13
PRIMARY PREVENTION
  • Intentional intervention
  • To reduce incidence of
  • Adjustment problems in
  • Currently normal populations, plus
  • Promotion of mental health functioning (Durlak
    Wells, 1997)

14
DEGREE OF RISK (Institute of Medicine, 1994)
  • Universal for all
  • Selective Based on risk markers
  • Indicated Based on specific risk
  • indicators and showing early signs, but no
    mental disorder

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WHY PRIMARY PREVENTION?
  • TOO MANY PROBLEMS/NOT ENOUGH HELPERS
  • TOO MUCH AFTER-THE-FACT
  • LIMITED REACH
  • DE-CONTEXTUALIZED
  • STRESSORS/STRENGTHS IGNORED

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PRIMARY PREVENTIVE COUNSELING (Conyne, 2004)
  • APPLICATION OF BROAD RANGE OF COUNSELING
  • HEALTHY AND/OR AT RISK TARGETS
  • TO AVERT FUTURE PROBLEMS AND
  • TO PROMOTE GROWTH

17
PREVENTIVE COUNSELING PRECEPTS
  • BEFORE-THE-FACT
  • HEATHY PEOPLE/AT RISK
  • DEVELOP COMPETENCE
  • REDUCE INCIDENCE
  • GROUP AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED

18
PRECEPTS (Contd)
  • ECOLOGICAL FOCUS
  • CULTURALLY VALID
  • SOCIAL JUSTICE VALUE
  • COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
  • EMPOWERING

19
PREVENTION SKILL SETS
  •   Primary prevention perspective
  •   Personal attributes behaviors
  • Ethical skills
  • Marketing skills
  • Multicultural skills
  • Group facilitation skills

20
PREVENTION SKILL SET (Contd)
  • Collaboration skills
  • Organizational setting dynamic skills
  • Trends political dynamic skills
  • Research evaluation skills
  • (Conyne, 2004) 

21
PREVENTIVE COUNSELING MODEL (Conyne, 2004)
  • PURPOSIVE STRATEGIES
  • TARGETS
  • METHODS

22
PREVENTIVE COUNSELING MODEL (Contd)
  • PURPOSIVE STRATEGIES
  • SEEK SYSTEM CHANGE
  • SEEK PERSON CHANGE

23
MODEL (Contd)
  • TARGET
  • Individual
  • Group
  • Family
  • Organization
  • Community

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MODEL (Contd)
  • METHODS
  • DIRECT Education, Organization
  • INDIRECT Consultation, Media

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EFFECTIVE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
  • TARGETED
  • LIFE TRAJECTORIES CHANGED
  • NEW SKILLS EMERGED

26
EFFECTIVE PREVENTION PROGRAMS (CONTD)
  • SOCIAL SUPPORT DEVELOPED
  • NATURAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS IMPROVED
  • NEW CASES REDUCED

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EFFECTIVENESS CRITERIA
  • WHATS BEING PREVENTED?
  • WHATS BEING PROMOTED?
  • IS IT BEFORE-THE-FACT?
  • DOES IT INVOLVE HEALTHY AND/OR AT RISK PERSONS?
  • IS THERE SYSTEM CHANGE?

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CRITERIA (Contd)
  • IS IT FEASIBLE?
  • USE EXISTING RESOURCES?
  • IS IT COLLABORATIVE?
  • STRESSORS STRENGTHS?
  • IS THE METHOD SPECIFIED?
  • INTERVENOR ROLES?
  • ARE THERE RESULTS?

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HAPPY PREVENTION!
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