Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Eli M Bower.
Prevention is a cherished mental health concept, increasingly honored more in word than deed. It is suggested that secondary and tertiary prevention constitute contradictions in terms and that--while the services they embody may be vital--they are not prevention.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
The need for basic societal institutions to foster growth-enhancing and ego-strengthening experiences is highlighted. The ascendancy of Asklepios--as representative of the remedial, medical model--over Hygeia--symbolizing the preventive, public health approach--is traced from Hellenic mythology to present reality. The Hygeian merits of current early identification programs are considered, and means for moving them closer to the Hygeian ideal are suggested.