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Primary Prevention: Another Perspective

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1983

Abstract

This paper is a response to the British Columbia mental health planning report's position on primary prevention. The report adopts the position of Lamb and Zusman (1979) that research and service aimed at primary prevention should not be funded with money allocated for mental health, and arguments are presented to support this viewpoint. This paper critically reviews the ideological underpinnings, the research base, and the action implications of these arguments, and provides another paradigm for mental health policy in Canada. It is proposed that a spirit of open inquiry is needed so that alternative paradigms can be explored and innovations in both rehabilitation and primary prevention can be allowed to develop.

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Le présent article se veut une réponse à la position adoptée par le rapport de planification sur la santé mentale en Colombie britannique à propos de la prévention primaire. Le rapport soutient les vues de Lamb et Zusman (1979) à l'effet que la recherche et les services orientés vers la prévention primaire ne devraient pas étre subventionnés à même les fonds alloués à la santé mentale; il fournit des arguments pour soutenir ce point de vue. L'article fait la critique de l'idéologie sous-jaceente, des fondements de la recherche et des implications pour l'action qui sont impliqués dans ces arguments; il propose un autre paradigme pour une politique de la santé mentale au Canada. On souligne le besoin d'un esprit d'ouverture pour explorer les différents paradigmes et pour permettre des innovations aussi bein pour la réhabilitation que pour la prévention primaire.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 2Number 1April 1983
Pages: 3 - 12

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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Geoffrey Nelson
Wilfrid Laurier University
Harry Potasznik
Wilfrid Laurier University
Edward M. Bennett
Wilfrid Laurier University

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