"If We're Going to Change Things, It Has to Be Systemic:" Systems Change in Children's Mental Health

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 526-537

  Hodges, Sharon ^a   Ferreira, Kathleen ^a   Israel, Nathaniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RDN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Soft systems methodology; Systems of care; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84860609974     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9491-0     Document Type: Article

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