Handbook of Youth Prevention Science

by Beth Doll (Editor), William Pfohl (Editor), Jina S. Yoon (Editor)

The Handbook of Youth Prevention Science describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the prevention of individual disorders without acknowledging the overlapping goals, strategies, and impacts of prevention programs. This Handbook reflects current research and practice by organizing prevention science around comprehensive systems that reach across all disorders and all institutions within a community. Throughout the book, preventive interventions are seen as complementary components of effective mental health programs, not as replacements for therapeutic interventions. This book is suitable for researchers, instructors and graduate students in the child and adolescent mental health school psychology, school counseling, special education, school social work, child clinical psychology and the libraries serving them. It is also suitable for graduate course work in these fields.

496 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 2010

About the author

Beth Doll is a professor in the School Psychology Program and Training Director for the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology. She began her career in rural Kentucky and later coordinated a clinic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, experiences that shaped her research in children's mental health. Her work focuses on promoting psychological well-being in schools, exploring classroom systems that foster resilience and academic success. Partnering with school districts, she uses student perceptions to inform changes in classroom routines. Dr. Doll’s research challenges conventional views of mental health, emphasizing the importance of meaningful interventions over merely measurable ones. She has received multiple honors, including the National Association of School Psychologists’ 2020 Legend’s Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. A licensed psychologist in Nebraska and Wisconsin, she is active in several professional associations and serves on editorial boards. Her academic service includes leadership roles at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she has taught since 2000.