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Cross-Validating Chinese Language Mental Health Recovery Measures in Hong Kong
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Bola, John; Chan, Tiffany Hill Ching; Chen, Eric HY; Ng, Roger – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: Promoting recovery in mental health services is hampered by a shortage of reliable and valid measures, particularly in Hong Kong. We seek to cross validate two Chinese language measures of recovery and one of recovery-promoting environments. Method: A cross-sectional survey of people recovering from early episode psychosis (n = 121)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Chinese
Examining the Acceptability, Attractiveness, and Effects of a School-Based Validating Interview for Adolescents Who Self-Injure
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Bjarehed, Jonas; Pettersson, Kajsa; Wangby-Lundh, Margit; Lundh, Lars-Gunnar – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents is a significant problem that needs to be addressed, and in some cases managed, in school settings. The current feasibility study uses screening questionnaires and follow up-interviews on NSSI in a community sample of adolescents ("N" = 1,052) in Sweden. Both adolescents reporting self-injury…
Descriptors: Interviews, Adolescents, Program Validation, Self Destructive Behavior
Further Evidence of the Utility and Validity of a Measure of Outcome for Children and Adolescents
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Turchik, Jessica A.; Karpenko, Veronika; Ogles, Benjamin M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2007
The "Ohio Youth Problems, Functioning, and Satisfaction Scales" (Ohio Scales) are a recently developed set of measures designed to be a brief, practical assessment of changes in behavior over time in children and adolescents. The authors explored the convergent validity of the Ohio Scales by examining the relationship between the scales and…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Adolescents, Mental Health Programs, Test Validity
Holding Therapy and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Are Not Supported and Acceptable Social Work Interventions: A Systematic Research Synthesis Revisited
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Pignotti, Monica; Mercer, Jean – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
This article re-examines material discussed in a recent systematic research synthesis by Craven and Lee. The authors find that two of the interventions for foster children discussed by Craven and Lee were erroneously classified as supported by evidence of efficacy, and one, holding therapy, is shown to be potentially physically harmful to…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Social Work, Foster Care, Developmental Psychology
Empirically Supported Psychotherapy in Social Work Training Programs: Does the Definition of Evidence Matter?
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Bledsoe, Sarah E.; Weissman, Myrna M.; Mullen, Edward J.; Ponniah, Kathryn; Gameroff, Marc J.; Verdeli, Helen; Mufson, Laura; Fitterling, Heidi; Wickramaratne, Priya – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objectives: A national survey finds that 62% of social work programs do not require didactic and clinical supervision in any empirically supported psychotherapy (EST). The authors report the results of analysis of national survey data using two alternative classifications of EST to determine if the results are because of the definition of EST used…
Descriptors: Definitions, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Psychotherapy, Social Work