Engaging Families into Child Mental Health Treatment: Updates and Special Considerations
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2010
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Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Abstract
The current paper reviews recent findings regarding how to conceptualize engagement and factors influencing
engagement, treatment attendance rates, and interventions that work. Method: Research related to the definition of engagement,
predictors of engagement and treatment termination, attendance rates, and engaging interventions are summarized as an update to
the McKay and Bannon (2004) review. Results: Despite ongoing advances in evidence-based treatments and dissemination
strategies, engaging families into mental health treatment remains a serious challenge. Within the last several years, a number of
technological advances and interventions have emerged to address this problem. Families with children who present disruptive
behavior challenges and symptoms of trauma are considered in terms of the unique barriers they experience regarding engagement
in treatment. Conclusions: Potential solutions to increase treatment utilization and further research in this area are discussed.
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research, service utilization, treatment, mental health, engagement
Citation
Gopalan, G., Goldstein, L., Klingenstein, K., Sicher, C., Blake, C., & McKay, M. M. (2010). Engaging families into child mental health treatment: updates and special considerations. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Journal de l'Académie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent.