Sentences with phrase «group mental health intervention»

To achieve this, the project centred on the combined delivery of the Parents Plus Adolescents Programme (an intervention teaching relationship - building, positive communication, and conflict resolution skills to parents) and the Working Things Out programme (a small group mental health intervention for young people, promoting positive mental health and building coping capacity) to families targeted in mental health and school settings.

Not exact matches

For instance, at the individual level, mind - body interventions, such as yoga or meditation, were found to be accepted by disadvantaged groups and showed some effectiveness at improving mental and physical health outcomes.

«Substance abuse and various mental health problems that begin in adolescence are often very difficult to shake in adulthood — there is a need for interventions that bring impulsive behavior under control in this group,» he said.

Patients in the intervention group also showed greater improvements in mental health, and were 20 percent more likely to rate their primary care as comprehensive and supportive of their self - management of disease.

Of the approximately 4,000 who were identified as at risk for mental health problems and offered the ten - session group intervention during second grade, those who participated in a greater number of sessions showed significantly greater improvements in third - grade outcomes than did the at - risk students who participated in fewer sessions.

Studies of plant - based diets have shown, for example, 90 percent reductions in angina attacks within just a few weeks, and plant - based diet intervention groups have reported improved digestion, increased energy, and better sleep, and significant improvement in their physical functioning, general health, vitality, and mental health.

The adult intervention will be delivered through mental health consultation and parent groups, and will use parenting as a platform for addressing a broader set of issues related to workplace skills and economic stability, such as planning, goal - setting, coping with stress, and managing personal and professional relationships.

Hehir points out that interventions for this group are more likely to focus on controlling their disruptive behaviors in school than on providing mental health help or positive interventions to improve students» mental state and behaviors.

The court ordered him into batterer intervention, sent him to the DV Dads group, and ordered a mental health assessment and professionally supervised visitation.

COMMUNITY HEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prHEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prHEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prHealth Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prHealth Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prhealth issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prhealth issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prhealth awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral prhealth awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral problems

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

The intervention group received Seeking Safety (SS), a trauma - specific group treatment focusing on safety and coping skills, in the context of integrated substance abuse and mental health services, in either a residential or outpatient setting.

[3] The authorizing legislation for the property tax includes the following uses [RSMo 210.861.4]: (1) Up to thirty days of temporary shelter for abused, neglected, runaway, homeless or emotionally disturbed youth; respite care services; and services to unwed mothers; (2) Outpatient chemical dependency and psychiatric treatment programs; counseling and related services as a part of transitional living programs; home - based and community - based family intervention programs; unmarried parent services; crisis intervention services, inclusive of telephone hotlines; and prevention programs which promote healthy lifestyles among children and youth and strengthen families; (3) Individual, group, or family professional counseling and therapy services; psychological evaluations; and mental health screenings.

In the first step, a regression analysis was conducted with change in mental health as the dependent variable and group membership (intervention or control group), parental satisfaction and efficacy as the independent variables.

An extremely small number of residents had received treatment from specialist mental health services, and psychological interventions were not accessed by the group.

The ANCOVA analyses (table 2) indicated that the parents in the intervention group had improved their mental health more than the parents in the control group 2 months after the intervention (95 % CI, 2.02 to 5.18).

A strength of the present study is that the effects of the intervention on alcohol use (disorders), depression, mental health symptoms and intervention satisfaction are assessed in comparison to a waiting list control group, as well as explored relative to a comparable «alcohol - only» intervention regarding its differential effects.

Results The results indicated that parents in the intervention group showed significant improvement in mental health compared with the parents in the control group at a 2 - month follow - up: B = 3.62, 95 % CI 2.01 to 5.18, p < 0.001.

Furthermore, because this is a group - based prevention program, program costs may well be offset by decreased need for behavioral and mental health interventions.

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For the secondary aims, the analyses will be performed both for differences in changes between the intervention and the control group and for differences between groups at different time points (baseline at inclusion, childbirth, 6 — 8 weeks and 1 year postpartum) in maternal metabolic health outcomes, maternal mental health outcomes and offspring metabolic and mental health outcomes.

This study aimed to provide information for action paralleling these specific aims: To identify the demographic and work setting correlates of poor mental health (depression and anxiety) among working Australians in order to identify those groups and settings most urgently in need of intervention.

Our observation that the improvement in both the ECBI intensity score, a measure based primarily on problem behaviours, and the SDQ (conduct) scores was significantly greater in the intervention than the control group provides confidence that the intervention was effective, at least as far as these aspects of children's mental health was concerned.

These figures suggest that, although there was a small increase in ECBI intensity scale scores at 12 months, improvements in mental health and behaviour in intervention group children were largely maintained over time.

Mary Fanning works with youngballymun as Infant Mental Health Coordinator, providing individual and group interventions to promote secure attachment in the birth to three year period, and delivering infant mental health training to front line practitiHealth Coordinator, providing individual and group interventions to promote secure attachment in the birth to three year period, and delivering infant mental health training to front line practitihealth training to front line practitioners.

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.

Deidre has worked in child and adolescent mental health services across Melbourne and Tasmania delivering individual, dyadic, parent and family interventions as well as group therapy.

Bunston, W. & Dileo, J. (2006) Feeling is Thinking; (FisT) Full thinking or a proven, children's mental health group work intervention.

The summit is a collaborative effort of key statewide groups in maternal and child health, prevention and early intervention, infant mental health, school readiness and early childhood development.

The conference is a collaborative effort of key statewide groups in maternal & child health, prevention & early intervention, infant mental health, school readiness and early child development.

Routine care was provided according to clinical judgement by local child and adolescent mental health services and did not include any group interventions.

Group interventions in schools: Promoting mental health for at - risk children and youth.

Public mental health services for children in Nebraska are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and includes the following examples: outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services, including evaluation (by a supervising practitioner / psychiatrist / psychologist individual), group / family psychotherapy; individual / group / family substance abuse counseling, family assessment, mental / home health and personal care services, intensive family preservation services, medication checks, crisis intervention serhealth services for children in Nebraska are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and includes the following examples: outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services, including evaluation (by a supervising practitioner / psychiatrist / psychologist individual), group / family psychotherapy; individual / group / family substance abuse counseling, family assessment, mental / home health and personal care services, intensive family preservation services, medication checks, crisis intervention serHealth and Human Services (DHHS) and includes the following examples: outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services, including evaluation (by a supervising practitioner / psychiatrist / psychologist individual), group / family psychotherapy; individual / group / family substance abuse counseling, family assessment, mental / home health and personal care services, intensive family preservation services, medication checks, crisis intervention serhealth and substance abuse treatment services, including evaluation (by a supervising practitioner / psychiatrist / psychologist individual), group / family psychotherapy; individual / group / family substance abuse counseling, family assessment, mental / home health and personal care services, intensive family preservation services, medication checks, crisis intervention serhealth and personal care services, intensive family preservation services, medication checks, crisis intervention services.

One of the most common misperceptions is that early childhood mental health consultation is just like «traditional» mental health interventions that focus on direct therapy for an individual child or group of children.

Furlong et al conclude that group - based behavioural and cognitive - behavioural parenting interventions are effective for improving children's conduct problems, and parents» parenting skills and mental health.

The ability of the program to reduce depressive symptoms was most effective for the full intervention group by month 15, suggesting that a shift in mental health takes a significant amount of time.

A group of family interventions termed Family Psycho - Education (FPE) have been widely used and extensively researched in adult mental health services.

The potential role of interventions such as infant massage even with groups of parents not at high risk has been highlighted by recent research in the field of developmental psychology and infant mental health, which has indicated the importance of parental attuned and sensitive caregiving for infant attachment security.

The objectives of this mental health outreach service were to provide assessment and treatment to a vulnerable group of families who could not access mental health services, 10 to liaise with appropriate agencies, and to train hostel staff.24 The evaluation of this service was faced with constraints and limitations, particularly the mobility and engagement of the population and the resulting sample size, 11 the major environmental changes in the lives of these families during their contact with the service, hence their potentially confounding effect, and the need for an eclectic mental health intervention to meet the needs of children and their parents.

Future research could evaluate the specificity of specialist treatment interventions in larger samples, such as parent training for child behavioural problems, and cognitive or brief psychodynamic therapy for children with post-traumatic stress disorders following exposure to violence.32 Other groups of socially excluded children and families, such as children looked after by local authorities and youth offenders, could also benefit from similar designated, accessible interagency mental health services.

His background includes working as a bilingual (English - Spanish) social worker in community mental health; participating on a mobile crisis intervention unit for suicidal, homicidal, and actively psychotic youth; providing home - based individual and family therapy; facilitating experiential outdoor therapy groups for pre-adolescent youth with externalizing disorders; and running process - oriented parenting groups for parents trying to reunify with their children after removal for abuse and / or neglect.

My work in two major psychiatric hospitals as well as a crisis intervention program at a local mental health center provided me with extensive experience delivering individual, family and group therapy to adults.

Cindy's background encompasses the community mental health system, crisis intervention, drug and alcohol treatment and assessment, group, individual, and family therapy.

Type of prevention consisting of activities targeted to families in which abuse has already occurred and include early intervention and targeted services, such as individual, group, and family counseling; parenting education - such as Parent - Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT); community and social services referrals for substance abuse treatment, domestic violence services, psychiatric evaluations, and mental health treatment; infant safe - haven programs; family reunification services (including follow - up care programs for families after a child has been returned); temporary child care; etc..

Thirty - eight youth previously assigned to two mental health units were provided with treatment as usual (TAU) plus a one - day trauma training for staff, while 36 youth placed on three mental health units during the same time frame were provided with the intervention, which included TAU combined with environmental modifications, additional trauma training for staff, and a TARGET group for youth.

Although the nurses in the intervention group did as well overall as the psychologists, they had less general mental health treatment experience than did the psychologists.

General mental health also improved in the ACT intervention group.

One group received a minimal intervention consisting of the companion book to the Incredible Years program, and two other groups received treatment following either a primary care office model with nurses providing the 12 - session intervention or a mental health referral model in which psychologists provided the intervention.

Uptake of the mental health care was uneven across intervention groups, with 98 % beginning the school intervention, compared to 37 % beginning at the clinic.

This course does not require completion of «Expressive Arts Therapy History and Foundational Practices» in order to enroll; advanced mental health and healthcare professionals and students will learn a variety of methods and practices that can be applied to creative interventions with children, adults, groups and communities.