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CASRC researchers have made important discoveries in multiple
areas affecting children’s behavior and mental health,
with research findings published in many internationally renowned
journals. For the fiscal year period, 2005-2006, $6.7 million
in Research Grants and Contracts were awarded to CASRC investigators,
with 26 Federal Proposals totaling $30 million submitted during
the year. Highlights of CASRC research accomplishments in
the past year include:
- Developed and tested a successful parent-training program
that reduces child behavior problems and placement failures
for children in foster care;
- Documented significant unmet need for mental health services
among racial/ethnic minority youths;
- Identified reasons for unmet need for treatment, AND developed
and tested more culturally appropriate mental health treatments
for children and families;
- Identified critical challenges in detection and effective
treatment of autism in community settings;
- Established linkage between leadership and organizational
culture and climate of mental health clinics and staff turnover
rates, as well as openness to the use of best practices and
quality improvement;
- Developed and tested efficient and effective methods for
identification of behavioral problems such as ADHD in primary
care offices;
- Developed a model to screen for and assist mothers with
maternal depression in obstetric and pediatric settings during
the postpartum period;
- Identified various parent and family contextual factors
that are associated with child well-being;
- Identified the significant impact of exposure to domestic
and community violence on children’s emotional and behavioral
well-being;
- Examined the social consequences of and treatment ideas
for childhood obesity within ethnically diverse families;
- Identified student preferences for prevention and treatment
for substance abuse and other mental health services in high
schools;
- Demonstrated effectiveness of voluntary intervention for
alcohol reduction among high school students.
- Established evidence that stronger linkages between mental
health and child welfare systems can reduce race/ethnic disparities
in mental health care nationally.
CASRC researchers
also partnered with other researchers from across California
to conduct the first comprehensive study of the quality of
publicly funded mental health care in California, identifying
areas most in-need of improvement for children with depression,
anxiety, and disruptive behavior problems.
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2007
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