Needed: Metaphors for the prevention model of mental health.

Comments on the article by J. D. Coie et al (see record 1994-09654-001) regarding prevention science. It is argued that the reason that prevention science has not taken its rightful place in national research programs is that metaphors from the medical model still pervade the prevention model of mental health. Metaphors from architecture may be more helpful in generating ideas within the prevention model, because they deal with planning, working with large populations, the interaction of people and the environment, and building healthy and aesthetic surroundings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)