In 1960s, psychiatrist Gerald Caplan described levels of prevention specific to psychiatry. He described primary prevention as an effort directed towards reducing the incidence of mental disorders in a community. Secondary prefer refers to decreasing the duration of disorder while tertiary prevention refer to reducing the level of impairment. PRIMARY PREVENTION Primary prevention seeks to prevent the occurrence of mental disorders by strengthening individual, family and group coping abilities. ROLE OF NURSE IN PRIMARY PREVENTION Community mental health nurses are in a key position to identify individual, family group needs, conflicts and stressors. Thus they play a major role in identifying high risk groups and preventing the occurrence of mental illness in them. Some interventions include: 1. Individual centred intervention · Antenatal ca...
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