Families and the Mental Health System for Children and Adolescents

Policy, Services, and Research
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0268-3
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: Children's Mental Health Services Annuals

The family plays both direct and indirect roles in the formal mental health services sector, from determining whether and when a child enters treatment to providing the context within which all therapeutic gains are played out. Providing a much-needed analysis, the contributors to this volume examine a myriad of policy, research, and practice issues related to families of children with serious emotional disorders. Families and the Mental Health System for Children and Adolescents considers issues including characteristics and service strategies for family-centered service delivery, the role that society can play in strengthening the family and preventing child and youth emotional disorders, the supports for and barriers inhibiting parent-professional partnerships, the complexities of assessing family functioning, and culturally sensitive service delivery. Throughout this timely volume, the contributors take into account the complexity and diversity of families today and the consequent impact on service delivery at the societal and policy levels. An important resource, Families and the Mental Health System for Children and Adolescents critically examines an issue of interest to practitioners, researchers, and students in evaluation, family studies, developmental psychology, public policy, and social work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Helflinger, Craig Anne

Heflinger, Craig Anne

Nixon, Carol T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Family Issues in Health Care Reform - Sheila A Pires and Beth A Stroul
Family-Centered Services for Children with Emotional, Behavioral or Mental Disorders - Richard W Hunter and Barbara J Friesen
A Family-Focused Model of Prevention - George W Albee and Silvia Sara Canetto
Implementing Community Mental Health Programs - Mary C Telesford
Lessons Learned from the Mental Health Initiative for Urban Children
Families of Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance - Diane T Marsh
Innovations in Theory, Research and Practice
Family Empowerment - Craig Anne Heflinger and Leonard Bickman
A Conceptual Model for Promoting Parent-Professional Partnership
Family Research Methods - Joan M Patterson
Issues and Strategies
The Colorado Family Assessment - Bernard L Bloom
A Computer-Based Procedure for Multilevel Family Evaluation
The Cultural Competence Model - James L Mason, Marva P Benjamin and Sarah A Lewis
Implications for Child and Family Mental Health Services
Alternate Paths to Family Status and Implications for Mental Health Service Delivery and Policy - Ellen E Pinderhughes
Adoptive and Foster Families
Mental Health Services for Rural Children, Youth and Their Families - Carolyn E Cutrona et al