The Role of Family Support in Children's Mental Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 4902
Special Issue Editor
2. Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Interests: child development; autism; spectrum disorders; developmental psychopathology; developmental disabilities; psychological assessment; mental illness treatment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are various ways to achieve positive mental health outcomes for children and youth, but a key factor involved in long-term, lasting success is family support. This Special Issue will focus on efforts to build and evaluate the impact of family support for children and youth with mental health challenges and their families. There is a clear rationale for addressing the needs of family members, who generally provide the major share of support to children and youth with mental health problems; caregivers evidence high strain, burden and emotional distress; are often times called upon to provide support, yet often lack the information or skills needed to assist their family member. When their needs are attended to, outcomes improve.
One important focus of this Special Issue will be Family Peer Support (FPS) provided by those with lived experience raising a youth with mental health conditions. This service has the potential to improve both youth and caregiver outcomes by overcoming system- and individual-level barriers to care, as well as building parental self-efficacy to improve their identification of mental health problems, awareness of services, and support their initial and continued involvement, especially for families experiencing multiple physical and mental health issues, as well as socio-economic stressors. Progress has been made toward greater specification of FPS program models, core competencies, certification and research on the short- and long-term impacts of such models on youth and family outcomes. This Special Issue will be the first to unite cutting-edge research, evaluation and implementation of family support initiatives across the globe.
Prof. Dr. Bruno Anthony
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- family-centered care
- peer-delivered services
- recovery-oriented models
- peer-facilitated parenting programs
- integration of peer support with traditional child treatment services
- juvenile probation
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