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Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People : Supporting Children who are, or have been, in Foster Care.
More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders. This book outlines how services can effect...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in health and social policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Part I: Overview; 1. Establishing the need for mental health services for children and young people in care, and those who are subsequently adopted; Children and young people in the care and adoption systems; Developmental underpinnings; The neglect of children's mental health needs; The challenge of working with maltreated children before they enter care; The challenge of working with maltreated children after they are placed in care or adoption.
- The mental health of children in care and those adopted from careCharacteristic difficulties that are not measured by standard survey instruments; Patterns and complexity of mental health difficulties; What do we know about their use of mental health services?; Correlates and predictors of mental health service use; References; 2. The benefits of outpatient mental health services for children in long-term foster care; Summary; Introduction; Mental health needs and service utilisation of children in foster care; Factors contributing to mental health difficulties and service use.
- The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-BeingSample; Measures; Outcomes; Treatment; Covariates; Analyses; The impact of outpatient mental health services for children in foster care; Implications for children in foster care who receive outpatient mental health services; Note; References; 3. Our twenty-first century quest: Locating effective mental health interventions for children and young people in care, and those adopted from care; The current status of mental health interventions for children in care and those adopted from care; Types of mental health interventions.
- The specificity of interventions for children in care and adopted childrenGuidance from published reviews; Guidance from organisations that promote evidence-based practice; Findings from clinical treatment trials; Multidimensional treatment foster care; Multidimensional treatment foster care for pre-schoolers; Keep; Attachment and biobehavioural catchup (ABC); Comparison of three trauma symptom interventions; Setting the bar higher
- what information do we need to establish the effectiveness of mental health interventions for children with complex attachment- and trauma-related difficulties?
- First remedy
- replace existing evidence hierarchies with multiple evidence requirementsSecond remedy
- increase the robustness of psychotherapy randomised controlled trials; Publishing treatment effectiveness metrics that have greater clinical meaning; Employing realistic developmental timeframes for pre-post evaluation; Integrating RCTs within larger effectiveness studies.
- Third remedy
- psychotherapy development and evaluation need to be informed by adequate conceptualisation and measurement of complex attachment- and trauma-related difficulties, their developmental underpinnings, and the context of social care systems.