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- Title
The concept of population prevention: application to schizophrenia.
- Authors
Mojtabai, Ramin; Malaspina, Dolores; Susser, Ezra
- Abstract
There is currently a debate about the appropriate approach to prevention of schizophrenia. While many argue that prevention efforts should focus on individuals at high risk of developing the illness, others argue for interventions that would reduce the risk in the whole population. This article situates the debate in a historical context. We find its antecedents in a classic 1940s and 1950s debate between British physicians George Pickering and Robert Platt on hypertension and trace a line from Pickering to the influential concept of population prevention formulated by his student Geoffrey Rose. We then discuss the potential application of population prevention to schizophrenia. The article concludes that population and high-risk prevention strategies can be complementary and that it may be feasible and appropriate to use them in combination.
- Publication
Schizophrenia bulletin, 2003, Vol 29, Issue 4, p791
- ISSN
0586-7614
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007047