scholarly journals An exploratory study of children's mental health needs in the PACT target area of southeast Portland

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bossardt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Mental Health Needs

Reflections on working psychotherapeutically in schools

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Needs

One of the greatest challenges in my experience of working psychotherapeutically in schools has been in trying to balance the increasing complexity of children’s mental health needs with the reduction in funding and therefore time frame in which to work.

Children and disasters: A framework for mental health assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD ◽  
Anne K. Jacobs, PhD ◽  
J. Brian Houston, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Disaster Planning ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Assessment

Background: Providers serving children’s mental health needs face the complexities of tailoring assessments based on developmental stages, family characteristics, school involvement, and cultural and economic factors.This task is even more challenging in the face of a disaster, terrorist incident, or other mass trauma event. Traditional mental health knowledge and skills may not be sufficient to meet children’s needs in these chaotic situations. Unfortunately, disaster planning and response often overlook or only briefly address the unique mental health needs of children. While there is general agreement that children have specific vulnerabilities, few comprehensive plans exist for identifying and addressing children’s mental health needs predisaster and postdisaster.Objectives/methods: Based on a review of the literature, the objectives of this article are to provide an overview of the central tenets of assessment with children throughout the course of a disaster and to propose a framework for disaster mental health assessment that can be used by a variety of providers in community disaster planning and response.Results: Disaster-related assessments are described including surveillance, psychological triage, needs assessment, screening, clinical evaluation, and program evaluation. This article also identifies easily accessible resources for responders and providers who desire to become more familiar with child disaster mental health assessment concepts.Conclusions: The framework described here provides an overview for understanding how assessment can be conducted to identify child and family needs and to inform the delivery of services following a disaster.

On Leadership: Meeting students’ mental health needs: No shortcuts

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Joshua P. Starr
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Do So

Schools can play an important role in promoting children’s mental health, but they can’t do so without more resources, argues PDK’s CEO, Joshua Starr. To assess the needs of individual students and provide them with appropriate services, schools must employ adequate numbers of social workers, psychologists, and community liaisons. Otherwise, Starr warns, educators can easily jump to conclusions about the problems students face and the solutions that might help them.

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