Week 10, Ch. 10+11 Flashcards
What are three reasons why Prevention is not more common?
- Difficult to study
- Time consuming (takes years to show benefits)
- Little funding
Which prevention approach occurs most often in the form of education?
Universal
Which prevention approach targets an entire population?
Universal
A poster on Campus that says, “Feeling down? Reach out to our mental health professionals on Campus,” is associated most closely with what Prevention approach?
Universal
Wearing masks while feeling sick is an example of what Prevention approach?
Universal
Which Prevention approach is used to target a specific population of people who are at an elevated risk of developing mental illness?
Selective
Using screening tests to identify entering first graders with learning disabilities is an example of what Preventative approach?
Selective
Healthcare advertisements for at risk women during their first pregnancy is an example of what Preventative approach?
Selective
What population does the ‘Indicated’ Preventative approach target?
Those who do not meet criteria for a disorder, but who have an elevated risk and may show detectable, but subclinical signs, of of the disorder
Which Preventative approach is for very early prevention?
Indicated
Targeting youth who are at a high risk for acting out behaviour used what Preventative approach?
Indicative
What population does the Selective Preventative approach target?
Those who are at an elevated risk of developing a particular disorder
What factors help to mitigate the risk or occurrence of a disorder happening?
Protective
What are Risk Factors?
Characteristics or events that precede the occurrence of a hazard + may play a role in causing it or making it worse.
What are two examples of individual risk factors? (Hint: think diet & family)
- Poor nutrition
- Attachment problems
What are two examples of individual protective factors?
- Easy temperament
- Adequate nutrition
What model looks at reducing risks + promoting protective factors?
Risk Reduction Model
What is an incidence rate?
The number of new cases of a specific problem
What is the Number Needed to Treat?
The number of people who need to receive the intervention in order to prevent one person from developing the condition.
______________ (Effectiveness or Efficacious) describes the extent to which a prevention program achieves desired outcomes when used in an applied setting vs original research conditions.
Effectiveness
Which evidence-based parenting program provides nurse-visiting services to low-income teenage single mothers who are expecting their first child?
Home Visiting Programs
Which 2 things does the Home Visiting Program (service to low-income teenage mothers) reduce?
- Child abuse + neglect
- Number of arrests, convictions, SUDs, and sexual promiscuity by age 15
Which 2 things does the Home Visiting Program (service to low-income teenage mothers) improve?
- Labour force participation
- Economic self-sufficiency
What is the goal of the Incredible Years program?
To train parents in skills so they can effectively play w/ their child
Which evidence-based parenting program engages in providing praise for positive behaviours of children and using timeouts for unacceptable behaviours?
Incredible Years Program
Which evidence-based parenting program utilizes group disucssion and videotaped modelling?
Incredible Years Program
Which evidence-based parenting program used behavioural rehearsal techniques to promote adult-child development of social competence?
Incredible Years Program
The Incredible Years Program promotes _________ __________.
Good parenting
The Incredible Years program enhances children’s _________ ____________.
Social competence
The Incredible Years program prevents the development of _________ problems.
conduct
The Triple P Positive Parenting Program enhances what 3 qualities in parents?
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Confidence
What 2 things does the Triple P Positive Parenting Program promote?
- Safe environments for young people
- Children’s competence through positive parenting practices
The Triple P Positive Parenting Program uses positive parenting practices to promote children’s _________________.
competence
What evidence-based parenting program has an online version?
Triple P Positive Parenting Program
What evidence-based parenting program uses a multi-level system that provides interventions of gradually increasing intensity according to the level of need?
Triple P Positive Parenting Program
What are the 2 programs used for the prevention of violence?
- Anti-bullying program
- Fast Track program
In regards to the Anti-bullying programs, the most effective programs include what 3 things?
- Parent meetings
- Firm disciplinary methods in response to bullying
- Enhanced playground supervision
What preventative violence program decreases conduct disorder?
Fast Track program
How long is the Fast Track program?
10 years
What 3 components are included in the Fast Track program?
- Child
- Class
- Parent
What 3 things does the class component of the Fast Track program promote?
- Self-control
- Emotional awareness
- Social problem-solving
Which preventative violence program shows a reduction in the risk of developing psychiatric disorders?
Fast Track program
What 3 things does the child component of the Fast Track program promote?
- Academic success
- Emotional regulation
- Social skills
What 3 things does the parent component of the Fast Track program promote?
- Discipline
- Support of constructive behaviour
- Monitoring of activities
What 2 prevention approaches have the greatest effects in reduces symptoms + diagnoses of anxiety?
Indicated + Selective
What preventative approach provides little evidence in preventing depression?
Universal
Across lifespan, preventative intervention reduces incidences of depressive disorders by ____%.
22
Overall, research is better for ___-____ populations in terms of preventing internalizing disorders.
at-risk
What is crucial for success in the prevention of substance abuse?
Interactive programs
The prevention of substance abuse includes _______ development.
Skills
What type of intervention (ie. therapy approach) can have a positive impact for traumatized children and/or youth?
CBT
In preventing problems in those that are exposed to loss and trauma, it is important to emphasize skills to cope with _______ reactions.
Emotional
During CBT interventions for traumatized children/youth, it is important to _______ reactions to extreme situations and _______ avoidance of trauma-related stimuli.
Normalize; reduce
In programs intended to prevent problems in those exposed to loss and trauma, it is important to remember there is variability in what?
How people effectively deal with grief + loss
What are the 4 interrelated decisions in regards to seeking out therapy? (HINT: order of steps taken)
- Realizing there is a problem
- Deciding therapy may be valuable
- Actually deciding to seek therapy
- Contacting a therapist
Out of all psychotherapy clients, how many are female?
2/3