Abstract
The goal of primary prevention of psychiatric disorder is a laudatory one, which unfortunately can not be realized in the absence of scientific knowledge about etiology. This paper focuses on an emergent strategy for acquiring such knowledge: the study of children who are vulnerable to the development of psychopathology in adulthood.
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Primary preventionVulnerability (computing)PsychologyPrimary (astronomy)MedicineEnvironmental healthComputer scienceComputer securityPathology
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- 1971
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 101-116
- Citations
- 388
- Access
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Norman Garmezy
(1971).
Vulnerability research and the issue of primary prevention..
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
, 41
(1)
, 101-116.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1971.tb01111.x
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- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1971.tb01111.x