Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use
Beyond the financial costs, mental health and substance use conditions interfere with young people’s ability to accomplish developmental tasks, such as establishing healthy interpersonal relationships, succeeding in school, and making their way in the workforce. Primary prevention using a socioecological framework seeks to prevent the onset of disease and acknowledges that an individual’s risk of developing OUD is shaped by a combination of intersecting biopsychosocial and environmental risk and protective factors, as outlined in Figure 2. Evidence-based primary prevention...