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- Publisher
- Springer India
- Copyright
- © Springer India 2015
- ISBN
- 978-81-322-2240-8
- Pages
- 43 –53
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-81-322-2241-5_3
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[In the background of a significant percentage of (about 10–14) adolescents experiencing some kind of mental health problems which can have a substantial negative impact on their health and functioning, it is imperative to evaluate the effective methods of addressing the issue. However, help-seeking is substantially low in this group due to lack of awareness about the problems as well as help available, stigma, and problems not amounting to clinical diagnosis, makes a strong case for community-based prevention and early intervention, an important option. The chapter gives an overview of the community-based preventive and early psychosocial interventions addressing some of the frequently reported mental health issues of the adolescents. Overall, there is evidence for the usefulness and efficacy of community-based interventions; however, there is a need for integrated, evidence-based interventions which can take time, setting, mode, intensity of intervention and needs of the adolescents into consideration.]
Published: Feb 3, 2015
Keywords: Community-based interventions; Mental health problems; Early intervention and prevention