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Attempts to promote mental health, to foster resilience, and to prevent mental, behavioral, and substance use disorders probably have been made throughout human history. In the last few decades, these attempts have become more formalized into specific programs, with an increasing emphasis on the need for these programs to be based on sound scientific principles and rigorously evaluated. Noted Dutch researcher, Dr. Clemens Hosman, describes the early days of the current activities, which are generally referred to as “promotion and prevention,” as follows:
During the optimistic 1970s, ... we invented program after program with a minimal scientific opinion and unhindered by a knowledge of epidemiology because that knowledge was not available .... No one asked us for evidence on the outcomes of our investments; at that time, there was no realistic understanding of all the investments in personnel and money and all the research effort that is needed to establish significant and evidence-based reductions in mental health problems in local communities (Hosman, 2002, p. 33).
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Curie, C.G., Brounstein, P.J., Davis, N.J. (2004). Resilience-Building Prevention Programs that Work. In: Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., Weist, M.D. (eds) Community Planning to Foster Resilience in Children. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48544-2_22
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