In: Part III Prevention in Pyschiatric Speciliaties in Prevention in Psychiatry. 1994; 115-129
Cite as:
I. Kolvin "Child psychiatry", pp. 115-129 in E. Paykel & R. Jenkins (eds.), "Part III Prevention in Pyschiatric Speciliaties in Prevention in Psychiatry." (Gaskell, 1994).
Abstract:
The classic approach to prevention of psychiatric problems in childhood was based upon the work of Caplan (1964), who described three different levels of prevention - primary, secondary and tertiary. In theory, prevention is an attractive and powerful concept and in relation to it, phrases such as 'cure is costly - prevention is priceless' were coined.