Biomedical subjects

Thomas H Styron

Publications and source records attributed to Thomas H Styron.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2004

Utilization management for residential programs.

This paper reviews recent literature on utilization management (UM) in community-based supportive residential programs for people with behavioral disorders. Various approaches for facilitating placement and movement are discussed in the context of an effort to develop a residential UM process in New Haven, Connecticut. Recommendations are made for a residential UM process that may be applied to a range of service systems. It takes into account the methodological difficulties inherent in the development of generalizable decision tools.

Algorithms↗

PubMed2002

Fathers with serious mental illnesses: a neglected group.

In recent years, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners alike have come to recognize how the traditional emphasis on mothers has overshadowed the equally critical contribution of fathers to child development and family life. In spite of this growing recognition of the importance of fathers, the need to better understand and support fathers with serious mental illnesses (SMI) has received little attention within mental health, public welfare, child protection, or criminal justice systems. In an effort to counter the continuing neglect of fathers with SMI, this paper provides an overview of the scant existing research focusing on fathers with SMI and sets forth a series of recommendations highlighting the need for greater inclusion of fathers in future research and ways to support men with SMI in their role as parents.

Child↗

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Curriculum resources for training direct care providers in public sector mental health.

Direct care personnel who do not have graduate-level professional degrees provide a substantial amount of client care in mental health organizations across the nation. Training for them is minimal in many settings. This shortcoming may negatively affect client care, staff recruitment and retention, and the effective use of scarce resources. In this paper, we identify and review curriculum resources available to mental health organizations interested in implementing or enhancing training programs for direct care personnel. These include two relevant competency sets and six portable training curricula, as well as information on how to access these resources.

Behavioral Medicine↗