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Activities of the Child and Adolescent Service System Program for Improving Mental Health Services for Children and Families
Charles Day,Michael C. Roberts +1 more
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The Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) of the National Institute of Mental Health is described with examples of systems development for the mental health needs of disadvantaged children and families.Abstract:
Reports on recent federal, state, and local efforts to improve delivery of mental health care to the underserved. The Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) of the National Institute of Mental Health is described with examples of systems development for the mental health needs of disadvantaged children and families.read more
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Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care: A Monograph on Effective Services for Minority Children Who Are Severely Emotionally Disturbed.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a philosophical framework and practical ideas for improving service delivery to children of color who are severely emotionally disturbed, focusing on four sociocultural groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans).
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Mental health services for children. The state of the art.
TL;DR: The development of a continuum of care that is coordinated across the mental health and non-mental-health systems that naturally occur in all children's lives has the potential to vastly improve mental health services to children, youth, and families.
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Family-centered services: implications for mental health administration and research.
TL;DR: Four important barriers to a family-centered system of care are examined and new roles for parents—which involve working with administrators and providers as partners—are described, and implications for mental health administrators and researchers are discussed.
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