Best practices for mental health in child welfare: Screening, assessment, and treatment guidelines

Child Welfare

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-188

  Romanelli, Lisa Hunter ^a,ab   Landsverk, John ^r   Levitt, Jessica Mass ^l   Leslie, Laurel K ^ac   Hurley, Maia M ^ad   Bellonci, Christopher ^c,ab,ac   Gries, Leonard T ^ae   Pecora, Peter J ^t,af   Jensen, Peter S ^ag   Allen, Kamala ^b   Blau, Gary ^d   Buida, Patsy ^e   Burns, Barbara J ^f   Collins, Julie ^g   Lynn Crismon, M ^h   Gries, Leonard ⁱ   Hankins, Addie ^j   Hartman, Robert ^k   Hoagwood, Kimberly E ^l   Huang, Larke ^m   Kaplan, Sandra J ⁿ   Kemp, Susan ^o   Ko, Susan ^p   Kolsky, Gretchen D ^q   Ortiz, Abel ^s   Prinz, Ron ^u   Roherty, Martha ^v   Saintil, Miriam ^w   Smith, Corvette ^x   Soto, Wilfredo ^t   Thompson, Ken ^y   Trupin, Casey ^z   Trupin, Eric ^o   Webb, Mary Bruce ^aa   more..

^a REACH Institute   (United States)

^b Center for Health Care Strategies   (United States)

^c Walker School   (United States)

^d Center for Mental Health Services   (United States)

^e Children's Bureau   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Child Welfare League of America   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁱ Family of Services

^j Rose House Kinship Center

^k DePelchin Children's Center   (United States)

^l Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^m SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

ⁿ NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^p National Center for Child Traumatic Stress   (United States)

^q American Public Human Services Organization   (United States)

^r RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s Annie E Casey Foundation   (United States)

^t Annie E Casey Foundation ^*

^u UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^v American Public Human Services Association   (United States)

^w SCO Family of Services

^x Harlem Dowling Westside Center   (United States)

^y Center for Mental Health Services   (United States)

^z Harlem Dowling Westside Center ^*  (United States)

^aa U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^ab REsource for Advancing Children's Health   (United States)

^ac TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ad TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United States)

^af SCO Family of Services   (United States)

^ag Research Services   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62749206220     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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