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Mental health outcomes of children and youth accessing residential programs or a home-based alternative. |
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Social Work in Mental Health, 9(1-6), 2011, pp.1-21. |
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1533-2985 |
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1533-2993 |
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Residential treatment centres (RTCs) are 24-hour facilities that offer mental health treatment programmes for children with severe emotional and behavioural disorders. RTCs are among the most restrictive and costly of mental health services. The aim of this study was to document the mental health outcomes of children and youth involved in residential treatment or a home-based alternative, intensive-family service (IFS). Participants were recruited from 5 children’s mental health agencies in Ontario, Canada. Parents or guardians of 106 children entering residential RTCs and 104 entering IFS completed standardised measures of symptom severity and functioning. Data was collected at admission, discharge, and at 1-2 years follow-up. In general, some clinical and psychosocial improvements from admission to discharge and follow up were revealed, although not all measures were statistically significant. Furthermore, many youth continued to function within the clinical range of impairment. Implications for mental health services are discussed. |
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child and adolescent mental health services; children; community mental health services; mental health problems; outcomes; residential child care; young people; |
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