So, prevention is alive and well in psychiatry. The construct of prevention in psychiatry has even made its way beyond the specialty. Take, for example, the Wikipedia entry on mental disorders – which has a subsection on prevention.
Dr. Bell is president and chief executive officer of Community Mental Health Council Inc. in Chicago. In addition to serving as director of the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he is director of public and community psychiatry at the university.