ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book overviews research in some remarkably creative prevention programmes. It indicates why the sequencing of trials is important for the practice of prevention and why experimental trials (usually referred to as randomised controlled trials or randomised controlled trials) are at the centre of the prevention sciences. The book illustrates the realities of funding and of different community needs typically require more and more community participation and engagement in all phases. The goal is to promote healthy development and prevent disruptions in development within individuals over time. The work, converting knowledge into practice, is necessarily interdisciplinary and collaborative, and leads both to exciting opportunities and challenges. Corresponding to regulation, personal meaning as well as dealing with emotional conflict and unconscious processes, are everyday aspects of psychoanalytic work.
