ABSTRACT
An exceptional opportunity is being missed. A chance to alleviate suffering and to achieve health care cost reductions for society is available, but is being ignored. There is an explosion of new knowledge about the emotional and intellectual development of children, and the causes and treatment of psychiatric disorders of children and adolescents. Research from diverse disciplines such as the developmental neurosciences, psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology, developmental psychology, and genetics propels us forward,. However, the effects of this new knowledge reach children and adolscents slowly, or not at all. The long history of neglect of the mental health of children and adolescents is now exaggurated by sudden, disruptive economic and political influences on mental health services for children and adolescents in most countries.
Prevention and treatment of emotional and intellectual problems in childhood and adolescence have vastly improved, but utilization of these advantages lags behind. This disappointing incongruity stimulates a need to document our knowledge about these services and systems and to make it more broadly available. This is the primary aim of this new volume by a team of distinguished contributors. It reviews the causes and prevalences of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, the problem of health care financing for these services, the underutilization of these services, our current understanding of the outcomes of treatment, and the new models for both treatment and prevention. The book also provides a survey of current mental health services and sytems for children and adolescents in countries across the world.
Information drawn from these multiple perspectives is has been used by a group of international experts to develop the Venice Declaration, providing specific guidelines for families, clinicians, administrators, and policy-makers who are concerned with the development of children and adolescents, and are committed to a more efficient economic approach to mental health services.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |25 pages
The Genesis and Prevalence of Developmental Psychopathology
chapter 1|11 pages
Developmental Psychopathology and Child Mental Health Services
part |53 pages
The Costs of Developmental Psychopathology
chapter 6|21 pages
A Shrewd Investment
part |41 pages
The Utilization and Outcomes of Current Treatments for Developmental Psychopathology
chapter 8|9 pages
Issues in the Evaluation of Systems of Mental Health Services
chapter 9|17 pages
Evaluating Community-Based Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Mental Illness
part |119 pages
Models of Treatment and Preventive Interventions for Developmental Psychopathology
chapter 10|22 pages
The Mental Health System for Children and Adolescents
chapter 11|20 pages
Research Priorities for the Improvement of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
chapter 14|11 pages
A Framework for Preventive Intervention
chapter 15|8 pages
The Mental Health Team in the Daycare Center
chapter 19|5 pages
Designing Mental Healthcare Systems
part |151 pages
International Models of Mental Health Systems for Children and Adolescents
chapter 24|4 pages
International Perspectives on the Economics of Mental Healthcare for Children and Adolescents
chapter 32|8 pages
Transitions for Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
part |45 pages
Summary
chapter 34|43 pages
Designing Mental Health Services and Systems for Children and Adolescents
part |22 pages
Recommendations of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)