Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study evaluated the effectiveness of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)[now called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS)-RSB- on staff restraint use in a sample of children and adolescents in an inpatient treatment program for
severe oppositional defiance and aggressiveness.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study evaluated the effectiveness of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) on staff restraint use in a sample of children and adolescents in an inpatient treatment program for
severe oppositional defiance and aggressiveness.
Mental health problems affect around one in five youth in Australia and internationally, 1 with major personal, societal and economic ramifications.2 3 Children's mental health problems are primarily externalising (eg,
oppositional defiance, aggression) and internalising (eg, anxiety, depression) problems.1 Up to 50 % of preschool behaviour problems persist through childhood if left untreated, then into adolescence and adulthood.4 Approaches to improving children's mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of
severe problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based treatments.