Prevention of Mental Disorders and Mental Health Promotion

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Prevention Research Centre for Programme
Development and Effect Management
Universities of Nijmegen Maastricht
mental health
Nijmegen
PRC
Maastricht
The Netherlands
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Prevention Research Centre
Development, Evaluation, Dissemination,
Implementation of Evidence-based Prevention of
Mental Disorders and Promotion of Mental
Health Effect prediction Effect Management
Focus
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Prevention Research Centre

• University of Nijmegen
• Department of Clinical Psychology
• Academic Centre
• FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Collaboration between

• Maastricht University
• Department of Health Education and Health
  Promotion
• FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

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• Research
• Applied and fundamental
• RCTs, quasi-experimental, qualitative
• research, meta-analysis, reviews
• Training
• Graduate, Postgraduate
• Ph.D. students,
• Consultation
• local organizations and practitioners,
• governmental organizations and NGOs national and
  international
• Knowledge dissemination
• reviews and databases
• Network development
• stimulating international collaboration in
  research, policy knowledge exchange

Prevention Research Centre
ACTIVITIES
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Main Research topics
Prevention Research Centre
Risk factors and Prevention of depression Transgen
erational transfer Preventive interventions for
children of depressed or anxious
parents Effectiveness of prevention of mental
disorders and mental health promotion Effect
predictor research and evidence-based systems
for effect management (PREFFI)
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International collaboration
Nordic countries Finland, Sweden, Norway Common
research projects Training Database development

• World Consortium
• on Prevention
• WFMH
• World Bank
• Carter Centre
• Intern. Profess. org.
• Series World Conferences

Prevention Research Centres e.g. PENN
State, South Florida, Boston
Prevention Research Centre
World Health Organization Volumes on
evidence-based prevention of mental disorders
- Promotion of MH WHO policy
European Union International database on
evidence-based prevention and mental health
promotion 20 countries
International Union for Health Promotion and
Education Global Program on HP effectiveness
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World Health Organization EU
WHO Report and Scientific Volume on
Evidence-basedPrevention of Mental Disorders
C. Hosman, E. llopis S. Saxena (eds.)
Oxford University Press 2004
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Content of Volume and Report (22 chapters)

• Conceptual and scientific framework for
  evidence-based prevention
• need for prevention, definitions, concepts of
  evidence and effectiveness

• Reducing risks across
• the life span and system levels
• Poverty and social exclusion
• Refugees and victims of war
• Work, stress and unemployment
• Child abuse and neglect
• Parental mental illness
• Family disruption
• Healthy start of life
• school-based programs
• Aging mentally healthy

• Prevention of mental disorders
• Aggression conduct disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Eating disorders
• Substance-related disorders
• Psychotic disorders
• Suicide

Implications and Recommendations for Policy,
Practice and Research
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Prevention Research Centre
Prof. Dr. Clemens Hosman Dr. Eva Jane Llopis Dr.
Cees Hoefnagels Dr. Esther Allart Karin van
Doesum Rianne Kasander Mirjam Oortgiesen Gerard
Molleman Henny Wansink
PRC staff