Reflections on prevention at the macro-level: An interview with George Albee

George Albee enjoys a wide reputation as a founder of the prevention movement in the field of Psychopathology, having devoted his professional career to the prevention of mental and emotional disabilities. Dr. Albee has served as President of the American Psychological Association and Director of the President's Commission on Mental Health Task Force on Prevention. His early prevention "formula" has been the prototype for many explanations of prevention that have followed. He is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont, where I interviewed him in April, 1989 (with a follow-up in 1990).