Sentences with phrase «pediatric mental health intervention»

J. Michael Murphy, EdD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry, senior author of the JAACAP paper, notes that this is the first study to document the positive impact of a large - scale pediatric mental health intervention using validated mental health measures and real - world benchmarks like end - of - the - year promotion and school attendance.

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Hubs serve as a single point of entry for families to link to services including health insurance, primary care / pediatric medical homes, WIC, Part C Early Intervention, child behavioral health and mental health, and early education programs.

More recently, we (Lavigne et al., 2007) conducted a study comparing a minimal intervention involving bibliotherapy and no therapist contact with a moderately intensive, 12 - session parent training program (Webster - Stratton, 1997) using two models for linking primary care to mental health services: an «office» model in which services were provided by primary care nurses, and a «referral» model, in which pediatric psychologists provided treatment.

Promising school - based interventions (Gross et al., 2003; Reid, Webster - Stratton, & Hammond, 2003) may not be useful if ODD symptoms occur primarily at home, and interventions and referrals originating in pediatric primary care offer certain advantages: (a) other than teachers, physicians have the most professional contact with the families of preschoolers; (b) pediatricians report that research on the role of the primary care provider in treating mental health problems is important to them (Chien et al., 2006); and (c) parents tend to trust physicians» opinions, and pediatricians» recommendations are the best predictor of help - seeking for preschoolers» behavior problems (Lavigne et al., 1993).

For example, adult anxiety disorders are common, often comorbid with depression, and associated with substantial functional impairment.17 A pediatric focus in research and practice on the mother's mental health, and, in particular, on maternal depressive symptoms, may limit our understanding of how the mental health of both parents affects children and may narrow our approaches to intervention.