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Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX. – 2002
The participant's manual for a national teleconference (January 23, 2002) provides materials on innovative independent living programs, especially the Mental Health Peer Support Project. Introductory material includes the conference agenda, information about the trainers, and information about the sponsoring organizations, the Independent Living…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Independent Living, Mental Disorders
Hodges, Kay; Leaf, Phillip J.; Behar, Lenore B.; Hersch, Phyllis; Irvin, Elizabeth; Lemoine, Randall L.; Stelle, Lynn; Speier, Tony; Ellzey, Sally; Pine, Jo; Schwartz, Aimee; Perkins, Stephen – 1996
These four symposium papers provide examples of different states that have experimented with various criteria and approaches in developing youth mental health services. The four states profiled, North Carolina, Arizona, Louisiana, and Massachusetts, are using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) to assess impairment in…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Children, Eligibility
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Neligh, Gordon – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1990
Chapters included are (1) introduction; (2) mental health problems affecting Indian people; (3) impact of mental health problems on Indian communities; (4) the service delivery system; (5) treatment modalities; (6) mental health providers; (7) holding the system together; and (7) a model Indian mental health system. (KS)
Descriptors: American Indians, Delivery Systems, Epidemiology, Mental Disorders
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Green, Rex S., Ed.; Newman, Frederick L., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The six articles of this special section address the organizational context that shapes utilization of mental health services, the relevance of data elements and results to decision making, and assuring the validity of evaluation results. Theoretical and practical concerns are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Coping, Data Collection, Decision Making
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
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. – 1994
This information packet contains eight two- to three-page publications from the American Psychological Association series "Psychological Services for the 21st Century, Psychology's Role in Health Care: Studying Human Behavior; Promoting Health; Saving Health Care Dollars; Providing Mental Health Services." The focus of the series is the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Females, Health Care Costs