Factors Contributing to Employment Status over Time for Caregivers of Young People with Mental Health Disorders.

This study utilized the conservation of resources theory to guide the examination of employment outcomes for caregivers of children with emotional and/or behavioral disorders. The sample included 2455 caregivers whose children received services through federally funded systems of care. Of special interest was whether receiving services and supports predicted change in employment status.

Patterns of Child Mental Health Service Delivery in a Public System: Rural Children and the Role of Rural Residence.

This study uses existing data from Hawaii's public mental health system for children and youth as an example of a state-level examination of service use patterns and health care disparities. The purpose of this study was to compare differences in mental health service utilization between rural and non-rural children, especially use of residential services. This study used a performance measure approach to conduct multi-level modeling on existing administrative data to examine the impact of community factors on service utilization.

Measurement Quality of the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire-Short Form 7 (CGSQ-SF7).

This study examined the measurement quality of an abbreviated version of the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire. The CGSQ-Short Form 7 (CGSQ-SF7) is practical for routine assessment of objective and subjective internalized caregiver strain. The subjective externalized subscale is not included in the CGSQ-SF7.

Implementation and development of federally-funded systems of care over time.

This study describes development in federally funded systems of care. Data for this study were collected using the System of Care Assessment that rated grantees' enactment of system of care principles in the infrastructure and service delivery domains. Data were collected by trained raters who conducted several site visits over the funding period.

Caregiver, child, family, and service system contributors to caregiver strain in two child mental health service systems.

Children's mental health researchers are increasingly recognizing the importance of caregiver strain (i.e., the impact on families of caring for children with emotional and behavioral disorders).

Use of the family resource scale in children's mental health: reliability and validity among economically diverse samples.

The adequacy of a family's resources has implications for child and family service processes and outcomes. The field needs tools to assess resources in a manner relevant to children's services research. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the FRS among families caring for children who are receiving mental health services and to compare its measurement quality across samples that differ on economic variables.

Child behavioral health service use and caregiver strain: comparison of managed care and fee-for-service Medicaid systems.

This study compares behavioral health service utilization patterns and their determinants among Medicaid-enrolled children, ages 5-17 (N = 676) who were being served under managed care in Tennessee or a traditional fee-for-service system in Mississippi. Children in the fee-for-service program were significantly more likely than their counterparts in the managed care Medicaid program to receive behavioral health services (i.e.