Sentences with phrase «designed mental health intervention»

In Lebanon, War Child Holland, a branch of the global NGO that assists children in conflict zones, is evaluating three efforts: a life skills program, a program to reduce parents» stress, and a World Health Organization — designed mental health intervention for Syrian refugees.

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The survey was conducted by RAND as part of efforts by the California Mental Health Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California resiHealth Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California resihealth of California residents.

«We now need longitudinal studies to confirm these findings, because if true, it may be possible to design interventions to help prevent mental health problems in some people with epilepsy.»

These include internet - based approaches to cognitive - behavioral therapy for depression, «telemental» health approaches enabling remote mental health visits, technology - based interventions for substance abuse and accompanying disorders, and standards for evaluating the quality of smartphone applications designed for patients with schizophrenia.

Its strategy draws on advances in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences to: (1) identify causal mechanisms that influence developmental trajectories; (2) formulate theories of change about how to produce better outcomes; and (3) design and test new intervention approaches and measure their effectiveness in reducing barriers to learning and strengthening the foundations of lifelong physical and mental health.

The Canine - Assisted Intervention Specialist (CAIS) Certificate is a professional development program specifically designed for teachers and advanced - degree mental - health therapists who want to add canine - assisted work to their practice.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

This session will provide overviews of several free online interventions designed to address the needs of families affected by parental mental health challenges.

Baltimore Mediation has designed interventions and trainings for professionals, executives, court systems, bar associations, government agencies, small and large companies, state and federal contractors, real estate and construction management firms, physicians and medical staff, long term care and assisted living facilities management, higher education faculty, religious and clergy as well as mental health and family law practitioners.

When implemented based in whole or in part on the recommendations of a mental health practitioner, these become experimental psychological interventions challengable as such because they are designed to accomplish an unethical and inappropriate purpose — what in actuality are political or legal demands unrelated to child well - being.

The school is an obvious arena for interventions designed to promote mental health among children.

Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive impact on the mental health of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents of children with clinically defined behaviour disorders, 9,13,14 children at high risk of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials of interventions for parents and children of different ages.18, 19 The number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.

The Queensland Ed - LinQ Initiative (Ed - LinQ) is a strategic partnership between the mental health sector, the primary care sector and the education sector designed to improve early identification of, and intervention for, Queensland students with emerging mental illness.

Adler's work went beyond intervention, as he designed parenting tools and education programs in an effort to prevent mental health problems in later life.

In addition to helping to frame and inform clinical diagnosis, these same elements could contribute to the early childhood mental health consultant's efforts to complete a child assessment, define the concern in collaboration with families and staff, assist families and staff in understanding any clinical diagnosis, and design responsive interventions.

The important trend toward evidence - based practices (EBP's) in early childhood mental health is aimed at designing and delivering mental health interventions that successfully attain the intended outcomes for young children and families.

Direct therapeutic intervention, such as one - on - one therapy sessions or therapeutic playgroups conducted by a licensed or certified mental health professional, is designed to provide targeted assistance to a specific child experiencing mental health issues.

This norm - referenced screening and assessment tool is designed to identify temperament and self - regulation behavioral indicators in infants and young children ages 11 to 71 months in order to determine eligibility for early intervention and mental health behavioral support services.

The Masters is designed for professionals from early childhood, mental health, health and early intervention backgrounds who can benefit from this program of studies.

The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) continues its spring lunchtime seminar series April 24th with «Preventing Depression in At - Risk Adolescents: The CATCH - IT Intervention Program,» presented by Tracy Gladstone, Ph.D., senior research scientist at WCW and director of the Robert S. and Grace W. Stone Primary Prevention Initiatives, which focuses on research and evaluation designed to prevent the onset of mental health concerns in children and adolescents.

SERVICE A type of support or clinical intervention designed to address the specific mental health needs of a child and his or her family.

Designed for advanced practitioners such as mental health clinicians, psychiatrists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and early intervention specialists whose work with infants, young children, and their families involves assessment, diagnosis, and case formulation.

This training is designed to further increase the knowledge base of mental health professionals with adoption issues that may complicate their therapeutic interventions and suggest successful strategies for working with adoptive families in times of crisis.

This webinar will describe the Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) for direct integration of mental health and other community providers through multi-tiered school - based teams to help design and deliver an expanded continuum of interventions from prevention through intensive interventions.

For MLH, intervention goals were designed to: 1) increase adherence to medical regimens, including ARV; 2) reduce sexual and drug use transmission acts; 3) reduce mental health symptoms; and 4) improve parenting while ill (i.e., reduce family conflict, improve communication, and clarify family roles).

Design of an internet - based health economic evaluation of a preventive group - intervention for children of parents with mental illness or substance use disorders