In Brief...
Preventive Services Publication Released
SAMHSA's
Center for Mental Health Services recently published
Clinical Preventive Services in Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Update: From Science to Services.
The 178-page resource summarizes the most promising preventive
interventions in the behavioral health field. This review
focuses on interventions that are primarily delivered
by health care systems; therefore, interventions provided
in schools, worksites, communities, and criminal justice
systems were excluded from this resource.
The publication includes 16 chapters. The introduction
contains information on models of preventive services,
the differences between clinical and community services,
and the health care delivery system provision of preventive
behavioral services. Other chapters provide information
on preventive services for pregnant women, including
high-risk pregnant women, and information on screening
children and adolescents (age 5 to 18) for evidence of
a behavioral disorder. The publication also discusses
tobacco, alcohol, illicit drug use, and depression.
This publication can be ordered through SAMHSA's National
Mental Health Information Center at P.O. Box 42490, Washington,
DC 20015. Telephone: 1 (800) 789-2647 or 1 (866) 889-2647
(TTY). Online, the publication can be accessed at www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/ sma04-3906.
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