Children and Mental Health Centers, Programs, Problems, Prospects

Lay mental health counseling: prospects and problems.

Reviews of training and treatment programs employing lay per sonnel as " helpers" yield provocati ve findings. While there now are numerous nonprofession al training programs, only a few have system atically assessed their effects in terms of therapeutic process variables, and fewer still have pr esented systematic compa risons of the differential effects of lay and professional training (4, 5)...

Problems of psychiatric practice in community mental health centers.

Initial enthusiasm about community mental health centers (CMHCs) has diminished. The participation of psychiatrists in CMHCs declined in the 1970s and may decline further. The author describes one center to highlight problems encountered by community psychiatrists: 1) unrealistic treatment expectations, 2) limitations of psychiatric knowledge, 3) need for a broad range of clinical expertise, 4)...

Mental health problems in deaf children

ee front matter & 2005 upe.2004.12.008 82 6991. ess: peterahindley@tisc Summary Children with early onset, severe to profound deafness are more vulnerable to mental health problems than their hearing peers. The key risk factors are developmental delays associated with early communication deprivation, CNS disorders associated with specific causes of deafness and abuse. Early psychological suppor...

Canada's programs to prevent mental health problems in children: the research-practice gap.

Mental Health and Mental Disorder Recommendation Programs

Background The characteristic differences among the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries in terms of trade and investment, society and cultural values, medical information and technology, and the living and working environment have become major health problems in terms of mental disorders. The purpose of this article is to identify the gaps in those aspects, to propose mental health and men...