TY - JOUR
T1 - International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES)
T2 - A Community-Based Comprehensive Services Model for Refugee Children in Resettlement
AU - Birman, Dina
AU - Beehler, Sarah
AU - Harris, Emily Merrill
AU - Everson, Mary Lynn
AU - Batia, Karen
AU - Liautaud, Joan
AU - Frazier, Stacy
AU - Atkins, Marc
AU - Blanton, Shanika
AU - Buwalda, Johanna
AU - Fogg, Louis
AU - Cappella, Elise
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - The development of evidence-based mental health interventions for refugees is complicated by the cultural and linguistic diversity of the participants, and the need to balance treatment of past traumatic experiences with ongoing support during the process of acculturation. In an effort to gather "practice-based evidence" from existing mental health services for refugees, a collaborative study of International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES), a comprehensive, community-based mental health program working with refugee children, was conducted to describe the program participants and service delivery model and to assess whether participants improved over time as a function of services. Results showed that participants improved, but that the improvement was not related to dosage of services. Implications of these findings for refugee mental health services are discussed and suggestions are made for future evaluation research of mental health services with refugees.
AB - The development of evidence-based mental health interventions for refugees is complicated by the cultural and linguistic diversity of the participants, and the need to balance treatment of past traumatic experiences with ongoing support during the process of acculturation. In an effort to gather "practice-based evidence" from existing mental health services for refugees, a collaborative study of International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES), a comprehensive, community-based mental health program working with refugee children, was conducted to describe the program participants and service delivery model and to assess whether participants improved over time as a function of services. Results showed that participants improved, but that the improvement was not related to dosage of services. Implications of these findings for refugee mental health services are discussed and suggestions are made for future evaluation research of mental health services with refugees.
KW - child mental health services
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - practice-based evidence
KW - refugee
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U2 - 10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.121
DO - 10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.121
M3 - Article
C2 - 18444734
AN - SCOPUS:43449109785
SN - 0002-9432
VL - 78
SP - 121
EP - 132
JO - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
JF - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
IS - 1
ER -