title: Epidemiology as basis for preventive intervention.
abstract: The paper describes the progress of a project starting out with an extensive psychiatric survey of the population of Oslo, and ending up with an intervention project aiming at the prevention of mental disorder in a particular high risk group. Hence the study is an example of experimental epidemiology. Lack of social support is identified as a psychiatric risk factor in the epidemiological part of the study, and stimulation of social network formation is a central part of the intervention project. Some preliminary results are given.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012306:Risk; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012944:Social Support