TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Global mental health reforms: Challenges in developing a community-based program for maltreated children and adolescents in Brazil
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Scivoletto, Sandra
A1  - Medeiros Filho, Mauro Vitor de
A1  - Stefanovics, Elina A.
A1  - Rosenheck, Robert Alan
SP  - 138
EP  - 140
VL  - 65
IS  - 2
N2  - This column describes the planning and development of The Equilibrium Program (TEP) for multiply traumatized and neglected children and adolescents with mental and general medical problems in São Paulo, Brazil. The program is a partnership between university faculty, various service providers, the courts, and the city government. In the first step, child psychiatry faculty from the University of São Paulo visited central-city areas and group shelters to talk to street youths to better understand their needs. A nearby community sports center building was chosen to be a center where youths could access services and engage in recreational activities and where the work of family integration could be facilitated. A multidisciplinary team conducts an in-depth assessment and creates an intervention plan, overseen by a case manager. Challenges to implementing such programs are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300439
ID  - ref1
ER  -