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

by Ghuman,Harinder S.

• ISBN13: 9781583913000
• ISBN10: 1583913009
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction Principles Behind the Proactive Delivery of Mental Health Services to Youth Where They Are	1	(16)
Mark D. Weist
Harinder S. Ghuman
Part 1: School-Based Approaches
School-Based Mental Health in the United States: An Historical Perspective and Baltimore's Experience	17	(22)
Yu Ling Han
Kristin V. Christodulu
Bernice Rosenthal
Louise Fink
Mark D. Weist
An Elementary School Mental Health Program Serving Immigrant and Minority Children	39	(18)
Jennifer Oppenheim
Robert J. Evert
Establishing Successful School Mental Health Programs: Guidelines and Recommendations	57	(18)
Olga M. Acosta
Nancy A. Tashman
Christine Prodente
Eric Proescher
Practical Issues in School Mental Health: Referral Procedures, Negotiating Special Education and, Confidentiality	75	(20)
Steven W. Evans
Jennifer L. Sapia
Jennifer Axelrod Lowie
Nancy K. Glomb
Evaluation and Quality Improvement in School Mental Health	95	(18)
Melissa Grady Ambrose
Mark D. Weist
Cindy Schaeffer
Laura A. Nabors
Susan Hill
Part 2: Home- and Community-Based Approaches
Home-and Community-Based Services: Historical Overview, Concepts and, Models	113	(16)
Harinder S. Ghuman
Development and Implementation of Mobile Crisis Services for Emotionally Disturbed Youth	129	(20)
Paramjit T. Joshi
Mark E. Greenberg
Michelle Leff
Home- and Community-Based Treatment Programs for Severely Emotionally Disturbed Treatment-Resistant Youth and Their Families: The Child Mobile Team	149	(14)
Harinder S. Ghuman
Eileen Hastings
Marsha Gorth
Family-Driven Treatment: Families as Full Partners in the Care of Children with Psychiatric Illness	163	(28)
Ann Vander Stoep
Marilynn Williams
Charles Huffine
Institutional Treatment Transferred: Narrative Family Therapy Approach to Acute Services	191	(18)
Thomas Hebeisen
Michael Longo
Part 3: Special Issues
Children's Mental Health: Partnering with the Faith Community	209	(16)
Christine A. Prodente
Mark A. Sander
Alvin C. Hathaway
Tom Sloane
Mark D. Weist
Children Are Newsworthy: Working Effectively with the Media to Improve Systems of Child and Adolescent Mental Health	225	(16)
Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Mark D. Weist
Contributors	241	(4)
Index	245