CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH RESEAR

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-530782-5
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Research in children's mental health lags behind research for adults in part because it is intrinsically context-bound. Children are embedded in families, in schools, and in communities who have responsibility for their care. Making research findings useful and ensuring that they are applied to improve the lives of children and families requires attention to these contexts. This entails a process of collaboration with many partners--teachers, nurses, healthcare providers, church leaders, neighborhood group directors, and other community leaders. The process of collaboration in children's mental health is complicated but the products that it yields have the potential to benefit both children and families.

This volume, with the toolkit and casebook that it contains, distills the process of collaboration into manageable steps, and provides concrete examples of how researchers have addressed specific challenges.
The premise of the book is that collaborative research, in contrast to traditional research paradigms, will yield findings that are more ethical, valid, and useful.

Highlighting the transformation of science from ivory-tower theories to action-oriented practices, the editors offer practical advice for researchers and practitioners interested in using data to inform and transform children's mental health. Concrete examples of projects that have involved community leaders and researchers provide an insider's guide to conducting successful collaborations that can yield better results than traditional top-down research paradigms.

Zielgruppe

Graduate students and faculty in departments of social work, community, clinical or school psychology, organizational behavior; residents in psychiatry; research or evaluation units of health, social services or large community practice networks; evaluators in state systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoagwood, Kimberly Eaton

Jensen, Peter S.

McKay, Mary

Olin, Serene

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Kinder- & Jugendpsychiatrie

Über Autor(innen)

Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University.

Peter S. Jensen, M.D., is Ruane Professor of Child Psychiatry at Columbia University.

Mary McKay, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Board of Medicine.

Serene Olin, Ph.D., is Research Project Director at Columbia University.