OBJECTIVE: Child mental health treatment and services research yields more immediate
public health benefit when they focus on outcomes of relevance to a broader group of …

This article presents challenges facing child mental health services research in its context as
a recently developed field of research and the contributions made by six articles in this …

OBJECTIVE: Using a comprehensive model of outcomes, the authors review the scientific
literature to determine the extent of knowledge concerning the outcomes of mental health …

OBJECTIVE: To understand better the effectiveness of routine treatment for emotional and
behavioral problems experienced by adolescents, methods are needed to control for …

A client‐level focus is needed when examining the effectiveness of mental health
interventions. Three broad domains of outcomes (psychopathology, social competence, and …

Evidence-based mental health care for children and youth critically depends on properly
conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and prospective studies that investigate …

Objective: To review the nature of outcome measures used to evaluate psychosocial
treatment in children. Method: Recent research findings that highlight the importance of …

Describes research issues related to design, methodology, and implementation of studies
on service use and effectiveness of services for children and adolescents with mental …

Backround The evidence base for interventions for child mental health and
neurodevelopment is weak and the current capacity for rigorous evaluation limited. We …

Psychiatric inpatient hospitalization is viewed generally as an expensive, most-restrictive
treatment setting which should be replaced by communitybased alternatives for children and …