title: [Prevention--a promising goal or illusory task for institutional child guidance, adolescent and family counseling?].
abstract: Beginning with some comments on prevention as a concept that is en vogue the meaning of the concept in scientific literature is described. Hereafter the field of prevention is differentiated. Primary and general forms of prevention as well as secondary and specific forms of prevention are specified. Preventive activities in the field of child-guidance, youth- and family-counselling are shown. As an example for these activities a small survey is reported followed by remarks about the critical approach of community health proponents towards the position of institutionalized child-guidance and youth- and family-counselling within the field of psycho-social services. Next the work with clients of lower-class background is characterized. Finally some primary preventive activities of social-political relevance basing on the practical experience of institutionalized child-guidance, youth- and family-counselling are given.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gerlicher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002660:Child Guidance; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D012114:Residential Treatment
vernacular_title: Prävention--erfolgversprechendes Ziel oder illusionäre Aufgabe für die institutionelle Erziehungs-, Jugend- und Familienberatung?