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Collection of Evidence-based Practices for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Treatment Needs, 4th Edition

Virginia Commission on Youth, 2010.

Summary

This publication is intended to provide information to families, clinicians, administrators, policymakers and others seeking information about evidence-based practices for child and adolescent mental health disorders. The revised Collection has categories that represent different levels of scientific support for a particular treatment: 1. What Works, 2. What Seems to Work, 3. What Does Not Work, 4. Not Adequately Tested, and 5. Not Tested. Because research is ongoing, treatments are expected to move around among the categories with time. The Collection 4^th Edition also includes information on assessment in order to emphasize that all clinical decisions should be made in consultation with the data.

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Implementation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Guidelines with Community-Based Physicians Results in Fewer Hospital Referrals and Improved Outcomes

AHRQ Innovations Exchange, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, March 2010.

Summary

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center created an initiative called the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Collaborative to work with local primary care physicians to standardize their management of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The Collaborative aims to improve patient care and reduce unnecessary hospital referrals by providing physicians with strategies to implement evidence-based guidelines and an established algorithm to identify complicated cases for referral. An assessment of 19 practices found that participating physicians were more likely to adhere to key elements of the evidence-based guidelines and less likely to refer uncomplicated cases to the hospital.

Read the entire Innovation Profile here.

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National poll suggests school support is lacking for emotional, behavioral issues

The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked nearly 1,100 parents across the United States to grade their children’s public schools on how well they support children with behavioral, emotional or family problems. At the primary school level, only 37% of parents gave an 'A' for support for children with ADHD and other behavioral problems, and 34% gave an 'A' for support. Although these national results do not necessarily reflect the situation in every local school district, the results should generate discussion about the role of schools in systems of care for children's behavioral health.