A controlled trial of implementing a complex mental health intervention for carers of vulnerable young people living in out-of-home care: The ripple project

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Herrman, Helen ^a,b   Humphreys, Cathy ^c   Halperin, Stephen ^b   Monson, Katherine ^b   Harvey, Carol ^c,d   Mihalopoulos, Cathrine ^e   Cotton, Susan ^a,b   Mitchell, Penelope ^f   Glynn, Tony ^g   Magnus, Anne ^e   Murray, Lenice ^b   Szwarc, Josef ^h   Davis, Elise ⁱ   Havighurst, Sophie ^c   McGorry, Patrick ^a,b   Tyano, Sam ^j   Kaplan, Ida ^h   Rice, Simon ^a,b   Moeller Saxone, Kristen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d North Western Mental Health   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Youth Support and Advocacy Service   (Australia)

^g ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Foundation House Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Complex intervention; Implementation; Looked after children; Out of home care; Prevention; Youth mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUT OF HOME CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VICTORIA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VICTORIA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85003007096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1145-6     Document Type: Article

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