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Children's Mental Health Services
Research, Policy, and Evaluation

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Volume: 1
September 1995 | 312 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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It is estimated that in the United States, 14-26 per cent of children under the age of 18 suffer from some type of behavioural, emotional or developmental problem. However, less than a third of these children receive any mental health care. This volume presents recent developments in policy, service and evaluation, and explores how more of these children can be reached and helped.
Bob Friedman
Foreword
 
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Debra J Rog
The Status of Children's Mental Health Services
An Overview

 
 
PART TWO: ENCOURAGING COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS OF CARE: STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES
 
Editors' Introduction
Lenore B Behar
State Level Policies in Children's Mental Health
An Example of System-Building and Refinancing

 
Chris Koyanagi
Systems Change
Moving beyond Reports

 
Diane L Sondheimer and Mary Evans
Developments in Children's Mental Health Services Research
An Overview of Current and Future Demonstration Directions

 
 
PART THREE: SELECTED COMPONENTS OF A SYSTEM OF CARE
 
Editors' Introduction
Mark L Wolraich
Services in the Primary Care Context
Barry Nurcombe
The Future of Psychiatric Hospitalization for Children and Adolescents
Sarah Ring-Kurtz, Susan Sonnichsen and Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey
School-Based Mental Health Services for Children
Kathleen A Maloy
Juvenile Court
Once and Future Gatekeeper for a System of Care

 
 
PART FOUR: EVALUATING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEMS - THREE CURRENT EXAMPLES
 
Editors' Introduction
Leonard Bickman and Craig Anne Heflinger
Seeking Success by Reducing Implementation and Evaluation Failures
Leonard Saxe et al
Evaluation of the Mental Health Services Program for Youth
Examining Rhetoric in Action

 
Clifford Attkisson, Karyn Dresser and Abram Rosenblatt
Service Systems for Youth with Severe Emotional Disorder
System of Care Research in California

 

Leonard B. Bickman

Leonard Bickman, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Public Policy. He is director of the Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement and Associate Dean for Research at Peabody College. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology (social) from the City University of New York, his master's degree in experimental psychopathology from Columbia University and his bachelor's from the City College of New York. Professor Bickman is a nationally recognized leader in program evaluation and mental healthservices research on children and adolescents. He has published more than 15 books and monographs and 180 articles and chapters and has been... More About Author

Debra J. Rog

Debra J. Rog, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate with the Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement (CEPI), and directs its Washington office. She has over 25 years of experience in program evaluation and applied research and has directed numerous multi-site evaluations and research projects involving issues of poverty, homelessness, housing and services for vulnerable populations including children and families, mental health, and others. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator of a Coordinating Center for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Homeless Families Initiative, and two foundation-funded cross-site... More About Author

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