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Table 1 Number and percentage of publications addressing primary prevention, both direct and indirect 1 in psychiatry and social sciences journals in Israel

From: Primary mental health prevention themes in published research and academic programs in Israel

Journal

Universal primary prevention

Selective primary prevention

Indicated primary prevention

Israel journal of psychiatry

n: 5 articles (1.0%)

n: 9 articles (1.8%)

n: 2 articles

Reviewed articles: N = 500

Direct – 1

Direct – 0

Direct – 1

Indirect/related – 4

Indirect/related – 9 (1.8%)

Indirect/related – 1

Examples:

Example:

Example:

Direct: Prevention of Eating Disorders: A Review of Outcome Evaluation Research

Indirect/related: Children Living under a Multi-Traumatic Environment: The Palestinian Case

Direct: Prevention of Recurrent Postpartum Depression - a Reasonable Option?

Indirect/related: On Stigma in Our Society

  

Megamot (in Hebrew)

n: 1 article

n: 6 articles (3.0%)

n: 2 articles

Reviewed articles: N = 202

Direct – 0

Direct – 0

Direct – 0

Indirect/related – 1

Indirect/related – 6 (3.0%)

Indirect/related – 2

Example:

Example:

Example:

Indirect/related: The role of social support, self-esteem and adaptation in explaining the tendency for suicidal thoughts among the youth

Indirect/related: Coping resources of children in dysfunctional families

Indirect/related: Psychological distress among adolescents form the West Bank who took an active part in the resistance to the Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan

Hevra Verevaha (in Hebrew)

n: 3 articles

n: 34 article (14.6%)

n: 5 articles (2.2%)

Reviewed articles: N = 232

Direct – 0

Direct – 8 (3.5%)

Direct – 1

Indirect/related – 3

Indirect/related – 25 (10.8%)

Indirect/related – 4

Example:

Examples:

Examples:

Indirect/related: The perception of consumers with chronic psychiatric illnesses in the Israeli public

Direct: Could it there a "bright future" for the children "red" alarm? Building resilience for parents and young children exposed to ongoing threats of terrorism in Sderot

Direct: Elem’s outreach vans: outreach service to the street youth

  

Indirect/related: Distress and ideological isolation among teenagers who were evacuated or who opposed the evacuation of settlements: A two year follow-up

Indirect/related: The trip to the Far East: Israeli hikers and their experience with psychoactive substances

  1. 1Direct primary prevention refers to interventions that can be applied directly (e.g., prevention programs for mental health problems); indirect/related primary prevention refers to studies providing information on modifiable factors that could be used ultimately in primary prevention interventions.
  2. 2001–2012.