Citation

Romanelli LH, Landsverk J, Levitt JM, Leslie LK, Hurley MM, Bellonci C, Gries LT, Pecora PJ, Jensen PS. Child Welf. 2009; 88(1): 163-188.

Affiliation

The REACH Institute, Resource for Advancing Children's Health, New York, New York 10123, USA. lisa@thereachinstitute.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19653458

Abstract

The Best Practices for Mental Health in Child Welfare Consensus Conference focused on developing guidelines in five key areas (screening and assessment, psychosocial interventions, psychopharmacologic treatment, parent engagement, and youth empowerment) related to children's mental health. This paper provides an overview of issues related to the first three areas, presents the guidelines developed in these areas, and discusses the implications these guidelines have for the field of child welfare.

Language: en