title: National research agenda for prevention research. The National Institute of Mental Health Report.
abstract: This article reports some of the most promising ideas to emerge from a review conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health of the achievements and prospects for research on the prevention of mental disorders. These ideas are organized around 3 conceptual hubs: the development and transformation of biological and social risk and protective factors across the life span, classifying and relating various approaches to preventive interventions in a single logical system, and concepts about community contexts in which prevention trials are executed. These conceptual hubs clarify the relationship between 3 forms of research in prevention: longitudinal studies of risk, randomized preventive intervention trials, and the implementation of successful interventions as part of routine community practice.
authors.affiliation: Center for Family Research, George Washington University, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009315:National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.); D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States