Moving Toward a Preventative Approach to Youth Mental Health Responsive intervention is currently prioritized over prevention in mental health care. How can the field move toward prevention? 530 A variety of mental health disorders are increasing in prevalence despite parallel growth in behavioral and pharmacological intervention initiatives. In a recent piece published in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, psychiatric epidemiologists Jonathan Ormel and Michael VonKorff outline a case supporting prevention as an alternative to the current orientation to mental health support. They outline multiple barriers and opportunities in the movement towards widespread adoption of preventative programming to reduce the occurrence of mental distress.