Linking mental health and after school systems for children in urban poverty: Preventing problems, promoting possibilities
Linking mental health and after school systems for children in urban poverty: Preventing problems, promoting possibilities
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DOI：
10.1007/s10488-007-0118-y
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Atkins, Marc S.
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作者：
Frazier, Stacy L.;Cappella, Elise;Atkins, Marc S.
目前的精神卫生系统无法满足生活在城市贫困中的儿童的广泛需求。课外活动的使命包括儿童的社会化、同伴关系和适应功能，其独特的定位是支持和促进儿童的健康发展。我们建议，公共部门的心理健康资源可以重新分配，以支持课后设置，我们提供了具体的例子和建议，从一个正在进行的联邦资助的研究计划，以说明如何心理健康咨询可以支持公共资助的课后计划。鉴于城市贫困社区资源的增加，对公共资助的课后计划进行咨询有助于实现心理健康目标，即保持儿童的安全和监督，通过学术和社交活动促进他们的健康发展，并确定需要更密集的心理健康服务的儿童。
The current mental health system is failing to meet the extensive needs of children living in urban poverty. After school programs, whose mission includes children's socialization, peer relations, and adaptive functioning, are uniquely positioned to support and promote children's healthy development. We propose that public sector mental health resources can be reallocated to support after school settings, and we offer specific examples and recommendations from an ongoing federally funded program of research to illustrate how mental health consultation can support publicly funded after school programs. In light of the increase in resources of urban, poor communities, consultation to publicly funded after school programs can contribute to the mental health goals of keeping children safe and supervised, promoting their healthy development through academically and socially enriching activities, and identifying children in need of more intensive mental health services.