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Can system integration improve mental health outcomes for children and youth?
- Authors:
- FOSTER E. Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 29(10), October 2007, pp.1301-1319.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article compares mental health outcomes for children receiving services in two federally funded system-of-care communities to those of children in similar communities. Children's clinical and functional outcomes over three waves of data collection for 573 children and youth are analyzed using a propensity score matching methodology. Children at one of the two system-of-care sites showed substantially greater improvement than did their matched counterparts. For the other pair, no benefits of the system of care were apparent. The differences in the effectiveness of the system of care between the two pairs of sites may reflect differences in system implementation, especially as affecting service use.
Does the continuum of care influence time in treatment?: evidence from the Fort Bragg evaluation
- Author:
- FOSTER E. Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Evaluation Review, 22(4), August 1998, pp.447-469.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Using data from the Fort Bragg Evaluation, this article determines whether the continuum of care treatment philosophy extends the length of treatment episodes among children and adolescents receiving mental health services. This article is the first to examine either the length of treatment episodes for children and adolescents receiving mental health services or the relationship between time in treatment and the continuum of care. Using hazard modelling, the author finds that children at the Fort Bragg Demonstration are less likely to leave treatment at a point in time and thus remain in treatment longer