A system of care perspective on prevention

Recent efforts to focus preventive interventions on individuals not yet manifesting disorders may have served to further isolate those who are involved with preventive interventions from those who provide clinical treatments. The effective linkage of preventive and remedial interventions requires greater participation by clinicians. Changes in public and private policies concerning the organization and financing of health care provide opportunities to relink these two constituencies. Some opportunities presented by recent developments are reviewed and their implications for expanding preventive interventions discussed.