By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Psychology & Psychiatry Journal -- Investigators publish new report on Mental Health. According to news reporting from Greenville, North Carolina, by VerticalNews editors, the researcher stated 'Using a strength-based approach is one of the hallmarks of the system of care (SOC) initiative, and is consistent with the foundations of community psychology. However, while strengths-based planning is recommended and child and family teams often list child and family strengths, the care plans often do not incorporate the strengths in strategies and interventions.'
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research by the author from East Carolina University, 'The research base regarding strength implementation and effectiveness is summarized, and needed research is outlined. Steps are offered for promoting the use of strengths in SOCS. Implementing programs from the field of positive youth development is advocated as a way that the educational and criminal justice systems could be more actively engaged in implementing strength-based strategies in SOCs.'
According to the news reporters, the researchers concluded: 'Promoting SOCs to focus more attentively to asset-building (at the child, family, and community level) is compatible with a public health model that addresses mental health concerns in the context of a full range of supports and services so that all children might experience good mental health and realize their potential.'
For more information on this research see: Systems of Care as Asset-Building Communities: Implementing Strengths-Based Planning and Positive Youth Development. American Journal of Community Psychology, 2012;49(3-4):556-565. American Journal of Community Psychology can be contacted at: Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; American Journal of Community Psychology - www.springerlink.com/content/0091-0562/)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.L. McCammon, East Carolina University, Dept. of Psychol, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
Keywords for this news article include: Greenville, Psychology, United States, Mental Health, North Carolina, North and Central America
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