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Effective Treatment for Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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As pressure increases for the demonstration of effective treatment for children with mental disorders, it is essential that the field has an understanding of the evidence base. To address this aim, the authors searched the published literature for effective interventions for children and adolescents and organized this review as follows: (1) prevention; (2) traditional forms of treatment, namely outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, inpatient treatment, and psychopharmacology; (3) intensive comprehensive community-based interventions including case management, home-based treatment, therapeutic foster care, and therapeutic group homes; (4) crisis and support services; and (5) treatment for two prevalent disorders, major depressive disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Strong evidence was found for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety, and disruptive behavior disorders. Guidance from the field relevant to moving the evidence-based interventions into real-world clinical practice and further strengthening the research base will also need to address change in policy and clinical training.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burns, B. J., Hoagwood, K., & Mrazek, P. J.
- Affiliations
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- National Institute of Mental Health (US)
- ORCID
- Hoagwood, Kimberly
- Venue
- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
- Published
- 1999-12
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 199-254
- ISSN
- 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2827
- OpenAlex
- W1495282009
- Cited by
- 385
- References
- 349
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 18.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh046323-03, 5p50mh051410-05)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH46323, MH51410)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Keywords
- child and adolescent mental disorders, evidence-based interventions, prevention, outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, inpatient care, psychopharmacology, case management, home-based therapy, therapeutic foster care, major depressive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, translating evidence into practice
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Psychotherapy, Psychotropic Drugs, Social Environment, Treatment Outcome, Evidence-Based Medicine, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
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