The Harvard Research Paper

The Harvard Research Paper

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Executive Summary

Background Information: In terms of assessments, treatment delivered up to the level of dropout, that might have been denied by other needy patients due to delay in access to particular services or planning of treatment, with relational to these terms, a poor return on resources already invested in the individual is represented by dropout in accordance to the economic point of view. For many reasons, dropout from adolescent and child mental health service is problematic, among these reasons include long-terms costs for the child, predisposing the child due to unsolved psychological difficulties relational to society and family might lead the child to grow into a malfunctioning adult.

Objective of the Study: The objective of this research report is to identify and understand such factors that are relational to different diagnosis and are associated with dropout. To reduce dropout in the context of tailoring of services, as for different diagnosis has the potential to assist such services, therefore, it is necessary to understand such factors that are relational to the dropout.

Methodology: With reference to the community clinics of a public Adolescent and Child Mental Health Care Service located in Australia, the data was accessed and reviewed through all the lined up cases. Young people and children who are below or above the age of eighteen and are exhibiting behavioral disturbance, severe emotional disturbance or psychiatric symptoms are provided with a tertiary-level service by this government funded programme.

Results of the Study: For all primary diagnoses, to dropout a number of factors and small sample sizes within diagnosis were unrelated, whereas, some factors were related. According to the analysis, a significant relationship was found between the dropout for different diagnosis, family, parental relationship within each other and treatment and child factors.

Conclusion: The following research report identifies the associated factors of drop out relational to specific disorders, however, from adolescent and child mental health services, some factors were previously associated with dropout. In the development of targeted strategies for prevention of dropout, clinical services might be assisted through this important finding in the area of dropout research, however, to reduce the impact of dropout, more research is required to be conducted.

Table of Contents

Part I: Critical Review of the Article5

Summary of the Article5

Definitions in the Article6

Challenging Research Questions in the Article7

Evaluation of Strengths and Weakness of the Article7

Suggestions for Improvement8

Part II: Mini Report12

Introduction12

Literature Review12

Methodology13

Findings and Results15

Discussion16

Conclusion18

Part I: Critical Review of the Article

Summary of the Article

The objectives of this article are to explore in a nationally representative sample the predictors and patterns of mental health treatment dropout as the dropouts' predictors and patterns are poorly understood and mental health treatment dropout is common. The study was conducted through a nationally representative household survey; the National comorbidity Survey Replication was the source from where the data was originated. As quitting treatment before the provider wanted, respondents in mental health treatment in the twelve months were asked to define drop out before interview (Goldenberg, 2002, ...