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Provider Perspectives on Principle-Adherent Practice in Empirically Supported Interventions for Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
  • Janet S. Walker, Portland State University
  • Katherin M. Flower, Portland State University
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
10-1-2016
Subjects
  • Youth -- Mental health services,
  • Youth -- Mental illness -- Services for,
  • Child mental health services -- Evaluation,
  • Mental illness -- Treatment
Disciplines
Abstract

In recognition of the need to create new treatment approaches that will be appealing to and effective for emerging adults with serious mental health conditions, researchers have begun to create and evaluate programs and interventions that are specifically tailored to reflect the preferences and needs of the population. The literature that describes these new approaches—including both descriptions of interventions and guidelines based on expert consensus—expresses a high degree of agreement regarding practice principles that should guide intervention. However, beyond naming these principles, the literature provides little information about what the principles mean, or how principle-adherent practice can be recognized. This article describes a qualitative investigation of providers’ understanding of principle-driven practice in the context of programs and interventions for emerging adults with serious mental health conditions. The goal was to learn about how providers conceptualize the principles that drive their practice, and how they describe principle-adherent practice.

Description

This is the authors' version of a manuscript that was published online May 2015 in the Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. The final publication is available at Springer via http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11414-015-9465-8.

DOI
10.1007/s11414-015-9465-8
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18801
Citation Information
Walker, J.S. & Flower, K.M. J Behav Health Serv Res (2016) 43: 525. doi:10.1007/s11414-015-9465-8 1