PS282 Study Guide - Final Guide: Welfare, Normative Social Influence, Community Ownership
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John snow: plotted homes in which 578 people had died from cholera, plotted position on map of 13 street pumps, showed relationship between pump and cholera deaths, city removed broad street pump and number of deaths subsided. If you don"t know how to cure a problem, you may still be able to prevent it. Rationale for promoting prevention: one-to-one therapy, treatment vs. prevention. Preventing psychiatric disorders, problem behaviours, social problems: psychotherapy. Promoting competence, wellness, and capacity to address problems: cowen championed the term wellness as more fitting, overall health and quality of life become the goal. Primary distress: given to entire populations when they are not in a condition of known need or, goal is to lower rate of new cases of disorders, e. g. ) Secondary - early intervention : given to populations showing early signs of a disorder or difficulty, being at risk , e. g. )
