Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Hardcover

"This is a very timely book that is impressive in its depiction of state-of-the-art practices in this field. With well-crafted chapters by eminent scholars, this collection will inform researchers, practitioners, and families about effective strategies for translating what we know about evidence-based treatments for young people into real-world practice in multiple contexts. I am confident that this tour de force will advance the quality of care children and adolescents receive in the community, in their schools, and via the internet." --Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, Professor and Vice Chair, Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and President, American Psychological Association (2014) "Beidas and Kendall have assembled an important and timely book. Their strong focus on 'upstream' system-level approaches is refreshing and is likely to have the greatest overall impact on mental health in youth. While the field of dissemination and implementation research is still young, this volume shows the dividends this science has already paid, and its future promise." -- Ross C. Brownson, PhD, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis "This volume, put together by Beidas and Kendall, is a wonderful and much needed addition to the emerging science of dissemination and implementation. It is likely that D&I is likely to be highly specific to different service systems and delivery platforms and this set of chapters nicely explores this tenet with sections on schools and community mental health settings, two of the most important service systems for children and youth with mental health challenges." -- John Landsverk, PhD, Research Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center "This volume makes an extraordinary contribution to mental health practice for children and youth in community settings. The interdisciplinary group of contributors assembled by Drs. Beidas and Kendall is highly impressive and represents the top scholars in the world conducting research on dissemination and implementation. The text is unique in its emphasis on linking research to practice in community mental health settings and schools, and its focus on innovative uses of technology. I would strongly recommend this text as a resource for graduate students, researchers, and community providers across multiple disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, counseling, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, and engineering." -- Thomas J. Power, PhD, Professor of School Psychology in Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, and Chief Psychologist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Mental health disorders are common in youth, impacting up to 1 in 5 children and adolescents. Typically, mental health difficulties result in impaired functioning and lower quality of life for both youth and their families. Fortunately, there are psychosocial treatments for the mental health needs of youth that have earned the "evidence-based" label. However, these treatments are not widely available, and it is estimated that it can take up to 17 years for them to be transported into community settings. As a result, a new field of dissemination and implementation (DI) science has emerged to address this problem. Dissemination refers to the transfer of information about evidence-based practices to community settings, and implementation refers to active strategies to assist adoption of evidence-based practices in community settings.

Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is the first book to bring together the world's foremost experts in implementation science and evidence-based practices for youth to provide the latest findings around DI for children and adolescents. Chapters provide comprehensive coverage of the science of dissemination and implementation across contexts, disorders, and international perspectives. This volume will be an essential resource to implementation scientists and scholars, instructors in doctoral-level training programs, and graduate students, as well as policymakers, community mental health clinicians and administrators, school administrators, researchers, and other mental health professionals.