| Description |
305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Children's mental health services ; v. 3 |
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Children's mental health services ; v. 3
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| Contents |
1. How Does Evaluation of Mental Health Services for Children Work in the Real World? / Carol T. Nixon -- 2. Services and Service Delivery Systems for Children With Serious Emotional Disorders: Issues in Assessing Effectiveness / Robert M. Friedman -- 3. Many Hands Make Mental Health Systems of Care a Reality: Lessons From the Mental Health Services Program for Youth / Theodore P. Cross and Leonard Saxe -- 4. The Development of a State's Perspective on Keeping Children in the Community: Strategies for Change / Mary E. Evans and Mary I. Armstrong -- 5. State and Foundation Partnerships to Promote Mental Health Systems Reform for Children and Families / Judith C. Meyers and King E. Davis -- 6. The Tennessee Children's Plan: How Do We Get There? / Kathleen A. Maloy -- 7. Effectiveness of the California System of Care Model for Children and Youth With Severe Emotional Disorder / C. Clifford Attkisson, Abram B. Rosenblatt and Karyn L. Dresser [et al.] |
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8. Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials in Children's Mental Health: Experiences and Lessons From One Venture / Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer, Barbara J. Burns and Helen B. Guiles [et al.] -- 9. The Stark County Evaluation Project: Baseline Results of a Randomized Experiment / Leonard Bickman, Wm. Thomas Summerfelt and Jennifer M. Firth [et al.] -- 10. Methodological Challenges in Cross-Cultural Research of Childhood Psychopathology: Risk and Protective Factors / Glorisa Canino, Hector R. Bird and Ian A. Canino |
| Summary |
"Evaluation provides a relatively objective means of assessing which programs, services, and systems are the most effective and cost efficient for children and youth suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder. A special book for professionals examining programs in the real world, Evaluating Mental Health Services addresses issues concerning services delivered in communities for children and youth with emotional and behavior disorders and their families. The contributors discuss some of the most recent evaluation efforts conducted to examine the effectiveness of systems of care or specific intervention strategies. While describing their individual research efforts, these experienced contributors address many of the issues facing researchers conducting mental health evaluation, some of the limitations of evaluation in children's mental health services, and the implications for future research in this area." "Valuable for both researchers and practitioners, Evaluating Mental Health Services provides key information to those in fields including evaluation/research methods, family studies, developmental psychology, public policy, and social work."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Community mental health services for children -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Nixon, Carol T.
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Northrup, Denine A.
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| LC no. |
96035681 |
| ISBN |
0761907955 (cloth) |
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0761907963 (paperback) |
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