TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES): A Community‐Based Comprehensive Services Model for Refugee Children in Resettlement
JO  - American journal of orthopsychiatry
A1  - Birman, Dina
A1  - Beehler, Sarah
A1  - Harris, Emily Merrill
A1  - Frazier, Stacy
A1  - Atkins, Marc
A1  - Blanton, Shanika
A1  - Fogg, Louis
A1  - Everson, Mary Lynn
A1  - Batia, Karen
A1  - Liautaud, Joan
A1  - Buwalda, Johanna
A1  - Cappella, Elise
SP  - 121
EP  - 132
VL  - 78
IS  - 1
N2  - The development of evidence-based mental health interventions for refugees is complicated by the cultural and linguistic diversity of the participants, and the need to balance treatment of past traumatic experiences with ongoing support during the process of acculturation. In an effort to gather “practice-based evidence” from existing mental health services for refugees, a collaborative study of International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES), a comprehensive, community-based mental health program working with refugee children, was conducted to describe the program participants and service delivery model and to assess whether participants improved over time as a function of services. Results showed that participants improved, but that the improvement was not related to dosage of services. Implications of these findings for refugee mental health services are discussed and suggestions are made for future evaluation research of mental health services with refugees.<p /> 
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SN  - 0002-9432
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.121
ID  - ref1
ER  -