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Walker, Christina – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
In 1994, the federal Early Head Start (EHS) program was created to address the comprehensive needs of low-income pregnant women and children under age 3. EHS was launched almost 30 years after Head Start was established in 1965 to serve low-income 3- and 4-year-old children and their families with comprehensive early education and support…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
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Diliberti, Melissa; Jackson, Michael; Kemp, Jana – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
This report presents findings on crime and violence in U.S. public schools, using data from the 2015-16 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2016). First administered in school year 1999-2000 and repeated in school years 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, and 2015-16, SSOCS provides information on school crime-related topics from the…
Descriptors: Crime, Violence, Discipline, School Safety
Dossman, Craig Arthur, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the qualitative phenomenological research study was to describe and explain the experiences of African Americans who terminated mental health treatment services after their initial sessions. The goal of the study was to expand the available knowledge by scientifically illuminating the lived experiences of African Americans who used…
Descriptors: African Americans, Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, Experience
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Rossouw, Trudie I.; Fonagy, Peter – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: We examined whether mentalization-based treatment for adolescents (MBT-A) is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) for adolescents who self-harm. Method: A total of 80 adolescents (85% female) consecutively presenting to mental health services with self-harm and comorbid depression were randomly allocated to either MBT-A or TAU.…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Outcomes of Treatment, Mental Health Programs
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Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian; Smith, Gregory C.; Palmieri, Patrick A. – Family Relations, 2012
We examined patterns and predictors of perceived need, use, and unmet need for mental health services by custodial grandchildren within the school-based and community-based delivery sectors. Data were from a national sample of 610 grandmothers caring for grandchildren ages 6 to 17 in the absence of biological parents. Overlapping use of services…
Descriptors: Caring, Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Albright, Abby; Michael, Kurt; Massey, Cameron; Sale, Rafaella; Kirk, Alex; Egan, Theresa – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2013
School mental health (SMH) programmes serve as a necessary niche within rural communities and aim to bring accessible care to youth who may otherwise go without mental health services. The following study evaluated the impact of mental health treatment provided by the Assessment, Support, and Counseling (ASC) Center, an SMH health initiative…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Mental Health Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Evaluation
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Patil, D.; Keown, P.; Scott, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: It is unclear whether the substantial decline in number and duration of admissions for patients with intellectual disability (ID) have occurred uniformly over time with respect to age, gender, severity of disability, legal status and location of treatment. Method: A retrospective analysis of NHS (National Health Service) admissions for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Comorbidity
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Clarke, Simon P.; Holttum, Sue – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2013
This study investigated both negative and positive staff perspectives of service user involvement on two clinical psychology training courses as part of an ongoing process of service evaluation. Ten clinical psychology staff from two training courses were interviewed over the telephone by a current trainee clinical psychologist using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clinical Psychology, Employee Attitudes, Program Evaluation
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McCarthy, John; Harutyunyan, Hasmik; Smbatyan, Meri; Cressley, Heidi – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2013
Relatively little has been published on mental health care and counseling as they pertain to Armenia, a country of approximately three million residents that gained independence in 1991 from the former Soviet Union. Various influences, such as its history, economy, religious and family systems, and a major natural disaster in 1988, have affected…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health, Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters
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Codling, Mary – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
Annual health checks for people with learning disabilities are a concept that was introduced by the Government in 2001 as a catalyst to improve access to health services and identify health needs that have previously gone undetected. Nonetheless, to date, there has been little evidence of the effectiveness of these health checks. This study seeks…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Optometry, Vision, Mental Retardation
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Green, Jennifer Greif; McLaughlin, Katie A.; Alegria, Margarita; Costello, E. Jane; Gruber, Michael J.; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Leaf, Philip J.; Olin, Serene; Sampson, Nancy A.; Kessler, Ronald C. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: Although schools are identified as critical for detecting youth mental disorders, little is known about whether the number of mental health providers and types of resources that they offer influence student mental health service use. Such information could inform the development and allocation of appropriate school-based resources to…
Descriptors: Identification, Health Services, Behavior Disorders, Mental Health
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Nilsson, Johanna E.; Schale, Codi L.; Khamphakdy-Brown, Supavan – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
This qualitative study explored trainees' experiences in an outreach program for refugee/immigrant women to examine if those experiences facilitated the development of multicultural competency and social justice advocacy. Twelve students were interviewed, and their responses yielded 3 categories: development of cultural knowledge,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Outreach Programs, Health Programs, Refugees
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Verhaaff, Ashley; Scott, Hannah – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objective: This study examined which individual factors predict mental health court diversion outcome among a sample of persons with mental illness participating in a postcharge diversion program. Method: The study employed secondary analysis of existing program records for 419 persons with mental illness in a court diversion program. Results:…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Individual Characteristics
Cokley, Kevin; Cody, Bretjet; Smith, Leann; Beasley, Samuel; Miller, Keino I. S.; Hurst, Ashley; Awosogba, Olufunke; Stone, Steven; Jackson, Stacey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Meeting the mental health needs of black children will take more than just increasing access to mental health services and early identification. It also will require a critical evaluation of the practices and models being used to diagnose and treat mental health concerns. Frameworks have been established that use a positive, strengths-based,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Mental Health, Student Needs, Clinical Diagnosis
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Collins, Traci P. – Professional Counselor, 2014
School counselors are a well-positioned resource to reach the significant number of children and adolescents with mental health problems. In this special school counseling issue of "The Professional Counselor," some articles focus on systemic, top-down advocacy efforts as the point of intervention for addressing child and adolescent…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Health Needs, School Counselors
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