October 1, 2010
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Journal Article
This research summary discusses inadequate treatment of mental health problems among minority youth. The authors discuss a wide range of studies that have investigated need and prevention among minority adolescents, psychotherapy and pharmacological treatment, outcomes and approaches to addressing disparities.
July 30, 2009
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Program Result
Investigators conducted two waves of a study of local mental health advocacy organizations that support families of children and adolescents with mental health needs.
March 1, 2013
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Journal Article
Paradigms shaping mental health policy have changed over the years; recovery is the most recent dominant paradigm.
February 1, 2002
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Program Result
The Carter Center in Atlanta held its Fourteenth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, "Promoting Positive and Healthy Behaviors in Children," on November 18–19, 1998, in Atlanta, Ga.
February 1, 2008
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Program Result
Researchers at Yale University examined the financial impact on children and their families of state laws mandating that insurers provide parity in coverage for mental and physical illness.
February 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
National Program
To employ the Sound Partners model of community collaboration to help new immigrants in up to 10 communities around the United States address challenges by using the power of local media.
June 12, 2012
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Program Result
The Center for Multicultural Human Services and Northern Virginia Family Service developed a training and technical assistance program to help mental health providers better serve the mental health and other needs of immigrants and refugees.
December 31, 2009
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Book/Issue Brief
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. This year's Anthology focuses on the Foundation's efforts to learn from programs that didn't work out as planned.
May 1, 2011
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Journal Article
Indian Health Services (IHS), a federal agency, cares for roughly half of the Native American population. This large-scale study analyzed data from the agency's clinical reporting system to assess 12 performance measures for the years 2002 to 2006.