1st Edition

Providing Mental Health Servies to Youth Where They Are School and Community Based Approaches

    266 Pages
    by Routledge

    266 Pages
    by Routledge

    Barriers to community mental health centers (such as stigma, waiting lists) prevent youth from receiving necessary services. Providing Mental Health Services to Youth Where They Are, identifies the reform that is needed in children's mental health service. As the issues of systems of mental health care have received increased attention, so has the recognition of the benefits of providing services to youth where they are: that is, in natural settings, such as home or school. Principles to include in systems of mental health care for youth are as equally important as actually reaching the youth: involvement of families, school staff, community leaders, and clergy. The development of programs are matched to the developmental, cultural, and other needs of youth in a community so they mesh with existing services. This book describes how these principles play out in school-, home-, and community-based mental health programs for youth.

    Preface
    1. Principles Behind the Proactive Delivery of Mental Health Services to Youth Where They Are, Mark D. Weist and Harinder S. Ghuman
    2. Expanded School Mental Health: Developing Services to Mesh with Youth Needs and Community Resources, Mark D. Weist, Laura A. Nabors and Olga M. Acosta
    3. Stakeholder Involvement and Quality Improvement in School Mental Health, Laura Nabors, Nancy A. Tashman, Melissa Grady and Mark D. Weist
    4. Organization, Utilization, and Evaluation of a School Mental Health Program, Steven Evans
    5. Reflections on the Development of an Elementary School Mental Health Program, Jennifer A. Oppenheim and Robert J. Evert
    6. Developing Culturally Sensitive and Family-Focused School Mental Health Services for Texas Youth, Vincent Ramos, Jennifer Jenning and Glen Pearson
    7. Historical Overview and Various Models of Home and Community-Based Interventions, Harinder S. Ghuman
    8. Home and Community-Based Treatment Program for Severely Disturbed Treatment Resistant Youth and Their Families, Eileen Hastings, Marsha Gorth and Harinder S. Ghuman
    9. Development and Implementation of Child Mobile Crisis System for Emotionally Disturbed Youth, Paramjit T. Joshi, Michelle Leff, Mark Greenberg and Patricia Kronin
    10. Hospital on Wheel: Changing Public Sector Orientation from Inpatient Treatment to in Home and Community-Based Treatment for Seriously Disturbed Youth in the State of Delaware, Anita Amurao and Michael Longo
    11. Family Driven Treatment: Methods for Families to be Full Partner in the Care of Children with Psychiatric Illness, Charles Huffine, Ann Vander Stoep and Marilyn Williams
    12. Narrative Family Therapy Approach to Wrap Around Services, Tom Hebeisen, Michael Longo and Sam Blumberg

    Biography

    Harinder S. Ghuman, Mark D. Weist, Richard M. Sarles