Recognition and Prevention of Major Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Abstract

Reviews the book, Recognition and prevention of major mental and substance use disorders by Ming T. Tsuang, William S. Stone, and Michael J. Lyons (see record 2007-05422-000). The title of this work is provided by a pivotal research project--detailed in the critical central section on schizophrenia research--the Hillside Recognition and Prevention Program. Introductory chapters review etiological risk factors, including genetic determinants and general environmental influences, and a thought-provoking chapter focuses on the role of the social environment in the development of major mental illnesses. Other chapters review the work of various authors, focusing on important contributors in matters relating to the themes of vulnerability and prevention. The articles are clearly written, in the main, and with mindfulness of the audience, which includes clinicians not familiar with the details of much of the basic science recounted here. It is a commendably useful text, to be read for its evident importance to our understanding of a critical and expanding area of investigation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)