Enhancing Family Engagement in Interventions for Mental Health Problems in Youth

Much progress has been made in helping families improve their relationships and provide effective environments for their children. However, an ongoing challenge in implementing these practices is to actively engage families in interventions for youth. Most effective treatments for youth require some...

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Published in:Residential treatment for children & youth 2011-04, Vol.28 (2), p.102-119
Main Authors: Herman, Keith C., Borden, Lindsay A., Hsu, Chinghui, Schultz, Tia R., Strawsine Carney, Megan, Brooks, Connie M., Reinke, Wendy M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Children
Delivery Systems
Families & family life
Family
family check-up
Family Involvement
Family Relations
Health Problems
Health Services
Help Seeking
Intervention
Interventions
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Mental health services
Motivation
motivational interviewing
parent engagement
Parent-child relations
Parents
Participation
Psychiatric disorders
Psychosocial factors
Psychosocial intervention
Residential Care
Residential Institutions
Therapy
Treatment methods
Young people
Youth
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Summary:Much progress has been made in helping families improve their relationships and provide effective environments for their children. However, an ongoing challenge in implementing these practices is to actively engage families in interventions for youth. Most effective treatments for youth require some level of caregiver involvement. Research has identified many barriers that prevent families from seeking services for their child and/or from fully participating in these services. Fortunately, a growing literature has now emerged about the necessary ingredients for fostering family participation in psychosocial services. The purpose of this article is to build off the work of Affronti and Levison-Johnson (2009) by describing specific methods for promoting initial and sustained parent motivation in residential care service delivery.
ISSN:0886-571X
1541-0358
DOI:10.1080/0886571X.2011.569434