Petti T A, Cornely P J, McIntyre A
Western Psychiatric Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1993 Mar;44(3):262-5. doi: 10.1176/ps.44.3.262.
The consultative study is one model of academic involvement in public mental health services. However, the effects of consultation and how it acts as a catalyst for change have been poorly documented. The authors describe a consultative study in which a team from a academic training center examined the system of mental health and related human services for children and adolescents in a semirural county in western Pennsylvania. They also present results of a six-year follow-up survey assessing the study's effects. Improvement in the system of care during the follow-up period included creation and maintenance of a children's unit and a partial hospital program for adolescents at the country's community mental health center. The consultative study and the follow-up survey were instrumental in establishing a comprehensive range of services, including intensive case management for severely disturbed youngsters and a home-based mental health services program.
咨询研究是学术机构参与公共心理健康服务的一种模式。然而，关于咨询的效果以及它如何成为变革催化剂的记录却很少。作者描述了一项咨询研究，其中一个来自学术培训中心的团队对宾夕法尼亚州西部一个半农村县的儿童和青少年心理健康及相关人类服务系统进行了考察。他们还展示了一项为期六年的跟踪调查结果，以评估该研究的效果。随访期间护理系统的改善包括在该县社区心理健康中心设立并维持一个儿童病房和一个青少年部分住院项目。咨询研究和跟踪调查有助于建立一系列全面的服务，包括为严重困扰的青少年提供强化个案管理以及一个居家心理健康服务项目。
