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Bray, Jeremy W., Ed.; Galvin, Deborah M., Ed.; Cluff, Laurie A., Ed. – RTI International, 2011
Although higher rates of substance use among young adults aged 16 to 24 are well-established (OAS, 2010), existing workplace substance use prevention and early intervention programs primarily target older workers. These data suggest that workplaces need substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs that are proven to be efficacious…
Descriptors: Health Services, Substance Abuse, Early Intervention, Health Promotion
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1987
The World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a study to collect data on mental health resources of pilot areas within several European countries. This report presents data from the study and provides a detailed and reliable description of the development of mental health services within the WHO European Region. Part I of the report describes the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Information Utilization
Costello, Elizabeth Jane; Horwitz, Sarah McCue; Angold, Adrian; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Sparrow, Sara S.; Triche, Elizabeth – 1996
Three brief papers review the literature and report on a study concerning the concept of functional impairment in light of regulations requiring both a psychiatric diagnosis and functional impairment for access to mental health care by children and adolescents with emotional disturbances. The first, very brief summary is: "The Origin, Meaning and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Eligibility
Fallon, Theodore, Jr.; Pumariega, Andres; Cuffe, Steven P.; Schwab-Stone, Mary – 1996
These three symposium papers summarize the outcomes of studies that explored the accessibility and the utilization of youth mental health services. The first study, "The Role of Diagnostic Systems" (Theodore Fallon and Mary Schwab-Stone), involving 219 children (ages 6-12), examined the perils involved in the use of categorical diagnosis to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children
2001
Four brief papers in this symposium examine clinical research, community mental health services, and policy issues of young children's mental health problems. First, "Risk Factors for Poor Mental Health Outcomes in Young Children Entering School" (Lynne C. Huffman, Sarah L. Mehlinger, and Amy S. Kerivan Marks) reviews the research and identifies…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Educational Policy
Briscoe, Richard; Baber, M. Yuette; McPhail, Tracy Lea; Harper, Kimberly – 1996
This paper contains summaries of research projects of three graduate students participating in the Multicultural Mental Health Training Program at the University of South Florida's Florida Mental Health Institutes. The students' work involved the development of evaluation or research projects with ethnically diverse minority communities. The first…
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Community Programs, Cultural Differences
Dhillon, Jogindar S., Ed.; Howie, Marguerite R., Ed. – 1986
The major papers collected in this work were written by researchers who participated in a regional research project entitled "Isolation of Factors Related to Levels and Patterns of Living in the Rural South." Chapter 1 examines the low income rural family as an open system. Chapter 2 discusses research objectives and sample design.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Delivery Systems, Demography, Employment Opportunities