Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders articles from March 2003

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders archives from March 2003

Introduction to the special series on children's mental health policy.
March 22, 2003... IT HAS BEEN 26 YEARS SINCE THE NOW seminal monograph A System of Care for Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children and Youth (Stroul & Friedman, 1986) was published. The values and principles described in the monograph have guided the...

A historical perspective on national child mental health policy.
March 22, 2003... This country has never had a formalized child mental health policy, if one uses the definition of child mental health policy as the existence of governmental commitment to ensure the availability of appropriate mental health services to...

A conceptual framework for developing and implementing effective policy in children's mental health.
March 22, 2003... This article presents a framework to be used in studying public policy development and implementation in children's mental health. It particularly focuses on policy related to the establishment of community-based systems of care. The framework...

Building upon the theory of change for systems of care.(care for children with emotional disturbances)
March 22, 2003... The concept of systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families is described in this article as an explicit organizational philosophy that emphasizes services that are family focused, individualized, provided...

Deconstructing research on systems of care for youth with EBD: frameworks for policy research.(emotional and behavior disorders)
March 22, 2003... Integrated service systems of care for children with severe emotional disturbance based on the systems-of-care framework have historically been viewed and studied as programmatic and clinical interventions. Consequently, researchers have most...

Research in the service of policy change: the "custody problem".
March 22, 2003... In this article we provide an example of some ways in which research can be used in the policy change process, using the issue of custody relinquishment ("the custody problem") as an example. Our view is that research findings alone rarely...

Beyond child protection: promoting mental health for children and families in the child welfare system.
March 22, 2003... The child welfare system is in a period of significant reform that offers both opportunities and challenges regarding more effective collaboration between the mental health and child welfare systems. In this article we examine recent federal,...

Calendar.
March 22, 2003... March 2003 * March 5-7, 2003. National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality, Second Annual Forum for Improving Children's Health Care. Lake Buena Vista, FL. Contact: 888/320-6937; Web site: www.nichq. org/events * March 7,...