title: Prevention in psychiatry -Problems and prospects.
abstract: Traditionally, psychiatry concerns itself with practice with the amelioration of behavioral and emotional symptoms. Since mental illness occupies more hospital beds than all other illnessess combined, its traditional role of treating mental illness is understandable. However, because of new methods of correlating genetic, intrauterine, environmental, and interactive factors, there seems to be what we might consider preventive modes, thereby establishing new therapeutic models.
authors.affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schecter