TY - JOUR
T1 - Population promotion of informal self-help strategies for early intervention against depression and anxiety
AU - Jorm, Anthony F.
AU - Griffiths, Kathleen M.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Much of the burden of depression and anxiety in the population is attributable to subclinical symptoms. Broadening formal health-care systems to treat subclinical depression and anxiety is not the answer to reducing this burden, because health-care systems lack the resources even to provide optimal care to clinical cases. The solution proposed is the population-wide dissemination of informal self-help strategies that have evidence for effectiveness. These are highly acceptable to the public, easily applied, inexpensive and may avert the development of many clinical cases.
AB - Much of the burden of depression and anxiety in the population is attributable to subclinical symptoms. Broadening formal health-care systems to treat subclinical depression and anxiety is not the answer to reducing this burden, because health-care systems lack the resources even to provide optimal care to clinical cases. The solution proposed is the population-wide dissemination of informal self-help strategies that have evidence for effectiveness. These are highly acceptable to the public, easily applied, inexpensive and may avert the development of many clinical cases.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0033291705005659
DO - 10.1017/S0033291705005659
M3 - Review article
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 36
SP - 3
EP - 6
JO - Psychological Medicine
JF - Psychological Medicine
IS - 1
ER -