TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey of the infrastructure for children's mental health services
T2 - Implications for the implementation of empirically supported treatments (ESTs)
AU - Schoenwald, Sonja K.
AU - Chapman, Jason E.
AU - Kelleher, Kelly
AU - Hoagwood, Kimberly Eaton
AU - Landsverk, John
AU - Stevens, Jack
AU - Glisson, Charles
AU - Rolls-Reutz, Jennifer
AU - Weisz, John R.
AU - Chorpita, Bruce E.
AU - Gibbons, Robert
AU - Green, Evelyn Polk
AU - Hoagwood, Kimberly
AU - Jensen, Peter S.
AU - Mayberg, Stephen
AU - Miranda, Jeanne
AU - Palinkas, Lawrence
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Preparation of this manuscript was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and grants 59138 from the National Institute of Mental Health and DA018107 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Funding Information:
The Research Network on Youth Mental Health is a collaborative network funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Network Members at the time this work was performed included: John R. Weisz, Ph.D. (Network Director), Bruce E. Chorpita, Ph.D., Robert Gibbons, Ph.D., Charles Glisson, Ph.D., Evelyn Polk Green, M.A., Kimberly Hoagwood, Ph.D., Peter S. Jensen, M.D., Kelly Kelleher, M.D., John Landsverk, Ph.D., Stephen Mayberg, Ph.D., Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D., Lawrence Palinkas, Ph.D., Sonja K. Schoenwald, Ph.D.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - A structured interview survey of directors of a large national sample (n = 200) of mental health service organizations treating children examined the governance, financing, staffing, services, and implementation practices of these organizations; and, director ratings of factors important to implementation of new treatments and services. Descriptive analyses showed private organizations financing services with public (particularly Medicaid) funds are prevalent and that employment of professional staff, clinical supervision and training, productivity requirements, and outcomes monitoring are common. Results of random effects regression models (RRMs) evaluating associations between governance, financing, and organizational characteristics and the use of new treatments and services showed for-profit organizations more likely to implement such treatments, and organizations with more licensed clinical staff and weekly clinical supervision in place less likely to do so. Results of RRMs evaluating relations between director ratings of the importance to new treatment and service implementation of three factors-fit with existing implementation practices, infrastructure support, and organizational mission and support-suggest greater importance to public than private organizations of these factors. Implications for EST implementation and future research are described.
AB - A structured interview survey of directors of a large national sample (n = 200) of mental health service organizations treating children examined the governance, financing, staffing, services, and implementation practices of these organizations; and, director ratings of factors important to implementation of new treatments and services. Descriptive analyses showed private organizations financing services with public (particularly Medicaid) funds are prevalent and that employment of professional staff, clinical supervision and training, productivity requirements, and outcomes monitoring are common. Results of random effects regression models (RRMs) evaluating associations between governance, financing, and organizational characteristics and the use of new treatments and services showed for-profit organizations more likely to implement such treatments, and organizations with more licensed clinical staff and weekly clinical supervision in place less likely to do so. Results of RRMs evaluating relations between director ratings of the importance to new treatment and service implementation of three factors-fit with existing implementation practices, infrastructure support, and organizational mission and support-suggest greater importance to public than private organizations of these factors. Implications for EST implementation and future research are described.
KW - Children's mental health services
KW - Clinics and systems
KW - Research network on youth mental health
KW - Service system infrastructure
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U2 - 10.1007/s10488-007-0147-6
DO - 10.1007/s10488-007-0147-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 18000750
AN - SCOPUS:37649018417
SN - 0894-587X
VL - 35
SP - 84
EP - 97
JO - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
IS - 1-2
ER -