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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823138703321

Autore

Cohen Robert

Titolo

Transforming children's mental health policy into practice : lessons from Virginia and other states' experiences creating and sustaining comprehensive systems of care / / Robert Cohen and Allison B. Ventura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-4114-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 pages)

Disciplina

362.20973

Soggetti

Mental health policy - United States

Virginia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The status of care for at risk youth and families in the 1980s -- The system of care paradigm emerges -- Why Virginia? -- Inside the act : what the legislation promised and required -- The curtain rises : the early years -- A new way : building a program around the child -- Putting all the pieces together : a locality creates a comprehensive system of care -- Entering an era of accountability -- Moving into the new millennium : coming of age or arrested development? -- CSA reaches adolescence : small signs of hope -- A surprising turn of events -- Percentages, perception, and profiles -- Putting CSA in perspective -- Systems of care in other states -- When states are ordered to reform -- Local systems of care -- Walking a high wire on a windy day : lessons from the field.