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  • Mental Health Research
  • Preventive Medicine

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  • Global prevention efforts have successfully reduced communicable and non-communicable diseases.
  • Mental disorder prevention strategies are significantly less advanced compared to other disease areas.
  • This paper addresses the current challenges and proposes a framework for advancing mental disorder prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize key issues in mental disorder prevention.
  • To propose a framework for catalyzing action in mental disorder prevention.
  • To advocate for a life course approach in mental health prevention.

Main Methods:

  • The work is guided by three core assumptions regarding mental disorder onset, trajectory modification, and life course-associated factors.
  • Assumption 1: Mental disorders are often preventable.
  • Assumption 2: External resources can shape the health and functioning trajectory of individuals with mental disorders.
  • Assumption 3: Risk and protective factors for mental disorders are linked to specific life course stages.

Main Results:

  • The paper synthesizes current knowledge on mental disorder prevention.
  • A framework is proposed to stimulate progress in the field.
  • The importance of a life course perspective is highlighted.

Conclusions:

  • A life course approach offers a clarifying and motivating framework for both mental health research and practice.
  • Implementing a life course perspective can enhance the development and effectiveness of prevention strategies.
  • This approach can guide future interventions and policy development in mental health.