Hawkins J David, Shapiro Valerie B, Fagan Abigail A
Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington 9725 3rd Ave. NE, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98115.
Res Soc Work Pract. 2010;20(5):518-527. doi: 10.1177/1049731509359919.
In the United States about 17% of adolescents meet diagnostic criteria for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Six million young people receive treatment services annually for mental, emotional, or behavioral problems. These problems affect 1 in 5 families and cost $247 million annually (O'Connell, Boat, & Warner, 2009). Some strategies for preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in young people have been developed, tested, and found to be effective in preventing the onset, persistence, and severity of psychological disorders, drug abuse, and delinquency. Unfortunately, tested and effective prevention policies, programs, and practices are not widely used (O'Connell, Boat, & Warner, 2009). This paper highlights recent advances in prevention science and describes some opportunities and challenges in advancing the use of science-based prevention in communities. The chapter concludes by exploring the potential role of social work education in developing a workforce ready to increase community access to effective prevention strategies.
在美国，约17%的青少年符合心理、情绪和行为障碍的诊断标准。每年有600万年轻人因心理、情绪或行为问题接受治疗服务。这些问题影响着五分之一的家庭，每年造成2.47亿美元的损失（奥康奈尔、博特和华纳，2009年）。一些预防年轻人心理、情绪和行为障碍的策略已经得到开发、测试，并被发现对预防心理障碍、药物滥用和犯罪行为的发生、持续和严重程度有效。不幸的是，经过测试且有效的预防政策、项目和实践并未得到广泛应用（奥康奈尔、博特和华纳，2009年）。本文重点介绍了预防科学的最新进展，并描述了在社区推进基于科学的预防措施应用方面的一些机遇和挑战。本章最后探讨了社会工作教育在培养一支能够增加社区获得有效预防策略机会的劳动力队伍方面的潜在作用。
