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Risk assessment is a widely recognized need in prevention. It bears on decisions about who needs attention as well as about how the program should be focused. Imaging and mapping extend risk assessment beyond statistical probabilities to risks based on psychological dispositions and on environmental influences. Early identification of vulnerabilities can be particularly beneficial in offering the advantages of truly proactive programs. The Vulnerability data show which students to target and the image data show how to reach them.
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(2002). An Early Warning System. In: Psychoenvironmental Forces in Substance Abuse Prevention. Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47158-2_15
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