caa a22 4500 475739108 CHVBK 20180406123454.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005129403974 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005129403974 Qualitative Evaluation of a High School Mental Health Program [Elektronische Daten] [Laura Nabors, Matthew Reynolds, Mark Weist] Expanded school mental health (ESMH) programs offer a comprehensive range of mental health services (evaluation, therapy, case management) to youth in special and regular education. Research is needed to document that these programs are in fact providing quality care to youth and leading to enhanced outcomes. In this exploratory study, focus groups were conducted with high school students receiving mental health services and students not receiving services, therapists, parents, administrators, and health care staff to gauge the quality and effectiveness of an ESMH program. It was difficult to schedule parents for group sessions; thus, interviews also were conducted with this group. Focus groups and interviews were effective methods for understanding strengths, areas for improvement, and outcomes for our ESMH program. Participants reported that therapy served as a protective factor, enhancing physical and mental health and reducing risk for teenagers. Ideas for improving clinical practice were developed from study results. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 Nabors Laura Center for School Mental Health Assistance (CSMHA), University of Maryland, Baltimore aut Reynolds Matthew Searle Pharmaceutical, Illinois aut Weist Mark Center for School Mental Health Assistance (CSMHA), University of Maryland, Baltimore aut Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/1(2000-02-01), 1-13 0047-2891 29:1<1 2000 29 10964 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005129403974 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005129403974 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nabors Laura Center for School Mental Health Assistance (CSMHA), University of Maryland, Baltimore aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reynolds Matthew Searle Pharmaceutical, Illinois aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weist Mark Center for School Mental Health Assistance (CSMHA), University of Maryland, Baltimore aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/1(2000-02-01), 1-13 0047-2891 29:1<1 2000 29 10964 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer