Name and briefly describe the three subcategories of preventive interventions
What will be an ideal response?
Universal: efforts aimed at influencing the general population. Selective: efforts aimed at specific subgroups that are considered to be at risk for developing mental health problems. Indicated: efforts directed at high-risk individuals identified as having minimal symptoms of a mental disorder but who do not meet criteria for clinical diagnosis.
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Terri directs a women's center that serves women who are victims of domestic and sexual violence and harassment. She wants her center to become more involved in addressing the broad social causes of this violence, not just in treating its victims. Based on the ecological framework in Chapter 8, what actions below would address those causes most directly?
a. social and political advocacy against violence b. a community coalition to address causes of violence c. case management for women after they leave the center d. both ‘a' and ‘b'
An animal has requirements to eat and drink. A species must reproduce. Behavior is organized to maintain the proper temperature. What are these all examples of?
a. learned behavior c. physiological needs b. unconscious motives d. preferences