List of Contributors <p>Advisory Board</p> <p>Preface</p> <p>Acknowledgements</p> <p><b>1 A Global Programme for Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Challenge in the New Millennium (</b><i>Myron Belfer, Helmut Remschmidt, Barry Nurcombe, Ahmed Okasha, and Norman Sartorius).</i></p> <p><b>2 Public Awareness of Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Review of the Literature (</b><i>Sam Tyano and Anat Fleischman).</i></p> <p><b>3 The Epidemiology and Burden of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder (</b><i>Myron Belfer and Barry Nurcombe).</i></p> <p><b>4 Disseminating Child and Adolescent Mental Health Treatment Methods: An International Feasibility Study (</b><i>Jose J. Baumeister, John Fayyad, Richard Harrington (deceased), Jack (S.F.) Hung, Kimberly Hoagwood, Peter Jensen, Kelly Kelleher, Laura Murray, Cheryl So; and site directors Alan Apter and Orit Krispin (Tel Aviv, Israel), John Fayyad, MD (Lebanon), Luis Rhode and Paulo Knapp (Porto Alegre, Brazil), and Amira Seif El Din (Alexandria, Egypt)).</i></p> <p><b>5 Prevention of Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents</b></p> <p><b>5.1</b> <b>The Principles of Prevention in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (</b><i>Barry Nurcombe).</i></p> <p><b>5.2</b> <b>Evidence-based Primary Prevention Programs for the Promotion of Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Worldwide Review (</b><i>Martine F. Flament, Hien Nguyen, Howard Schachter, Claudia Furino, Cathy Cuzner, Danuta Wasserman, Norman Sartorius, and Helmut Remschmidt).</i></p> <p><b>5.3</b> <b>Violence and Trauma: Evidence-based Assessment and Intervention in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (</b><i>Ernesto Caffo and Carlotta Belaise).</i></p> <p><b>5.4</b> <b>School Dropout: A Systematic Worldwide Review Concerning Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions (</b><i>Ana Soledade Graeff-Martins, Tatyana Dmitrieva, Amira Seif El Din, Ernesto Caffo, Martine F. Flament, Barry Nurcombe, Per-Anders Rydelius, Helmut Remschmidt, and Luis Augusto Rhode).</i></p> <p><b>5.5</b> <b>School Violence: Epidemiology, Background, and Prevention (</b><i>Helmut Remschmidt).</i></p> <p><b>6 Preventive Interventions in School Dropout: Three Field Studies</b></p> <p><b>6.1 A Comprehensive Intervention for the Prevention of School Dropout in Brazil (</b><i>Ana Soledade Graeff-Martins, Sylvia Oswald, Júlia Obst Comassetto, Christian Kieling, Renata Rocha Gonçalves, and Luis Augusto Rhode).</i></p> <p><b>6.2</b><b>A Comprehensive Program for the Prevention of Dropout in an Egyptian Public School (</b><i>Amira Seif El Din, M. Azzer, and Doa Habib).</i></p> <p><b>6.3 A Comprehensive Intervention to Prevent School Dropout and</b></p> <p><b>Reduce School Absenteeism in a Public School in a Russian Industrial City</b> (<i>V. Andreyuk, A. Zanozin, and Tatjana Dmitrieva).</i></p> <p>Index.</p>