Evaluating Mental Health Services: How Do Programs for Children "Work" in the Real World?

Children's Mental Health Services Annuals #3

by Carol T. Nixon (Editor), Denine A. Northrup (Editor)

This book addresses evaluation issues relating to community-based mental health services for children and young people with emotional and behavioural problems. The contributors discuss recent evaluations of the effectiveness of systems of care and specific intervention strategies. In addition to describing their individual research, they issues facing researchers conducting mental health evaluation; limitations of evaluation in mental health services; and implications for future research.

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 1997