Consultation and Collaboration to Increase Integrity in School Mental Health

2017 ◽  
pp. 289-305
Author(s):  
Erika Coles ◽  
Greta M. Massetti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Treatment Integrity ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
School Staff ◽  
School Consultation ◽  
Delivery Model ◽  
The Individual

The chapter “Consultation and Collaboration to Increase Integrity in School Mental Health,” in School Mental Health Services for Adolescents, describes the indirect service delivery model of school consultation, in which a consultant works with a consultee (e.g., teacher, school staff), who in turn provides direct service to a client. The importance of treatment integrity in the process is highlighted. Imperative to the process of school consultation is defining and measuring treatment integrity, or the degree with which a treatment is adhered to, the competence of the individual delivering the treatment as intended, and the extent to which the treatment can be differentiated from other existing treatments. Issues and challenges of measuring and increasing integrity are discussed.

School Mental Health Services for Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Service Delivery Models ◽  
Delivery Models

School Mental Health Services for Adolescents is composed of 15 chapters, written by well-known authors in the fields of psychology, education, social work, and counseling, who discuss and describe services for adolescents that can be implemented in secondary schools by school-based professionals. The authors present methods of overcoming implementation barriers through strategic service-delivery models. The volume is divided into three sections. The first chapters describe the history and need for services, explore the identity of professionals that serve as school mental health providers, and describe methods of engaging adolescents in school. The next chapters focus on issues of identification and referral for treatment in schools and provide a description of interventions. Proposed service delivery models are organized by target topics, including attention and organization, disruptive behavior, internalizing behaviors, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse, and chronic health concerns. The final chapters describe assessment and the integration of school mental health in schools.

Empowering School Staff to Implement Effective School Mental Health Services

2021 ◽  
pp. 019874292110308
Author(s):  
Lee Kern ◽  
Mark D. Weist ◽  
Sarup R. Mathur ◽  
Brian R. Barber
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Effective School ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Tiered System

In this article, we follow up on recommendations from the Council for Children With Behavioral Disorders (CCBD) for providing school mental health (SMH) services by offering additional implementation suggestions for teachers and school staff. We highlight the need for and urgency of SMH services, particularly during and after the pandemic, and also consider broad issues that interfere with the success of SMH. We then provide a number of specific recommendations for integrating the delivery of SMH services within a tiered system of supports that are intended to empower school staff to move toward implementation. Last, we address how effective implementation can be facilitated by strong administrative support along with capacity building.

Mental Health Access Issues by People of Refugee Backgrounds in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1076-1094
Author(s):  
Ndungi wa Mungai ◽  
Jeanette Ninnis ◽  
Ruth (Isobel) Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Setting ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Health Access

This chapter presents a critical discussion on the understanding and access of mental health services by people from diverse refugee backgrounds delivered in a Western cultural setting. Mental health services are heavily influenced by a biomedical approach, but there is a growing understanding of the importance of culture and biopsychosocial approaches. This chapter highlights some of the institutional and cultural issues that need to be addressed for the services to be effective. Practical approaches that have worked in different places are explored and critically discussed. A recovery-oriented model that recognizes that the individual is part of the community and the importance of spirituality are canvassed.

scholarly journals Provision of mental health services in Nigeria

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olufemi Olugbile ◽  
M. P. Zachariah ◽  
O. Coker ◽  
O. Kuyinu ◽  
B. Isichei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The Past ◽  
Trained Personnel

Nigeria, like other African countries, is short of personnel trained in mental healthcare. Efforts to tackle the problem have often focused on increasing the numbers of psychiatrists and nurses in the field. These efforts, over the past 20 years, have not appeared to have greatly improved service delivery at the grass roots. Most of the specialist centres where such highly trained personnel work are in urban areas and for a large part of the population access to them is limited by distance and cost.

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