The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Systems of Care: The New Community Psychiatry - Hardcover

The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Systems of Care is a groundbreaking volume that presents the latest thinking in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry written by a stellar panel of child and adolescent psychiatrists. The Handbook shows that the best way to help at-risk children is not in isolated doctor and patient treatment rooms but with community-based systems of care (SOC) that incorporate an interagency integration of services based on a client-centered and family empowering orientation. This important resource offers psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, pediatricians, nurses, educators, lawyers and judges, politicians, child advocates, parents, and families a guide to this dynamic new theory and practice. Comprehensive in scope, The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Systems of Care includes vital information on a wide variety of topics including

• Developmental and cognitive psychology in systems of care (SOCs)
• Social sciences, neurobiology, and prevention in SOC
• The best way to use psychopharmacology
• Family- and community-based interventions
• Culturally diverse populations
• Youth in juvenile justice and child welfare, school-based services
• Partnerships among parents, consumers, and clinicians

"This rich resource for mental health professionals and others who work
with seriously emotionally troubled children and their families distills the most hopeful lessons from two decades of children's mental health reform. It provides multiple perspectives on systems change, balancing principles and clinical insights with compelling lessons from real world efforts that can serve as a map and inspiration for others."
―Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, and author, Unclaimed Children

"Written by the experts in the mental health systems of care field, this book is a must for anyone involved in public sector child and adolescent psychiatry. Authoritative and practical, it is a great primer for those seeking to learn about this evolving mental health area."
―Theodore A. Petti, Arthur B. Richter Professor of Child Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine

"This systems of care handbook presents the conceptualization and implementation of landmark innovations in treating children with emotional disturbance and their families. The elimination of 'silos' of care, strength based approach, and family and child involvement are the hallmarks of these creative and effective programs."
―Mary Jane England, M.D., president, Regis College, former president, American Psychiatric Association and the Washington Business Group on Health