TY - JOUR
T1 - Intensive mental health services for children with serious emotional disturbances through a school-based, community-oriented program
AU - Vernberg, Eric M.
AU - Roberts, Michael C.
AU - Randall, Camille J.
AU - Biggs, Bridget K.
AU - Nyre, Joseph E.
AU - Jacobs, Anne K.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Treating children with severe, early onset emotional and behavioral disturbances remains a daunting task for mental health and education systems. This article describes key principles, features, and outcomes for the school-based Intensive Mental Health Program (IMHP), a program designed specifically to provide comprehensive evidence-based, ecologically sensitive, and individualized services for this difficult-to-treat population. Although the IMHP is a relatively new model, preliminary studies of outcomes and treatment processes give initial evidence that most children improve notably in their role performance, behavior, and emotional adjustment over the course of treatment. With increasing demands for effective, affordable school-based mental health services, the IMHP offers a developing but promising prototype for services geared to meet the unique needs of children with complex disturbances of emotions and behavior.
AB - Treating children with severe, early onset emotional and behavioral disturbances remains a daunting task for mental health and education systems. This article describes key principles, features, and outcomes for the school-based Intensive Mental Health Program (IMHP), a program designed specifically to provide comprehensive evidence-based, ecologically sensitive, and individualized services for this difficult-to-treat population. Although the IMHP is a relatively new model, preliminary studies of outcomes and treatment processes give initial evidence that most children improve notably in their role performance, behavior, and emotional adjustment over the course of treatment. With increasing demands for effective, affordable school-based mental health services, the IMHP offers a developing but promising prototype for services geared to meet the unique needs of children with complex disturbances of emotions and behavior.
KW - School-based services
KW - Serious emotional disturbances
KW - Service delivery
KW - Therapeutic classroom
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U2 - 10.1177/1359104506064986
DO - 10.1177/1359104506064986
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17080778
AN - SCOPUS:33746153762
SN - 1359-1045
VL - 11
SP - 417
EP - 430
JO - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
JF - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -