Pathways upstream: risks and realities of early screening efforts.
The need for basic societal institutions to foster growth-enhancing and ego-strengthening experiences is highlighted. The ascendancy of Asklepios--as representative of the remedial, medical model--over Hygeia--symbolizing the preventive, public health approach--is traced from Hellenic mythology to present reality. The Hygeian merits of current early identification programs are considered, and means for moving them closer to the Hygeian ideal are suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002661:Child Guidance Clinics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009098:Multiphasic Screening; D009313:National Health Programs; D014481:United States