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A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base
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Chapter 9: Issues in Serving Adolescents

Predicting Adolescents’ Willingness to Seek Help for Mental Illness
from Formal versus Informal Services
Ajlana Music, Susan L. McCammon, Christy M. Walcott

Utilization of Individual versus Family Therapy among Adolescents
with Severe Emotional Disturbance
Kelly N. Graves, Terri L. Shelton, Maria E. Fernandez, Nadine J. Kaslow

Symposium—Addressing Abuse and Mistreatment of Youth
Placed in Residential “Treatment” Facilities
Chair: Allison Pinto
Discussant: Robert M. Friedman

The Context
Lenore Behar, William Boyle, Robert M. Friedman, Judith Katz-Leavy, Allison Pinto

A Pilot Study of State Regulations Pertaining to Residential Treatment Programs for Youth
Judith W. Katz-Leavy, Lenore Behar, Robert M. Friedman, Allison Pinto

Psychotropic Medication Utilization at a Group Home Residential Facility
Michael Handwerk, Gail L. Smith, Ron Thompson, M. B. Chmelka, Brigid K. Howard, Dan Daly

A Preliminary Logic Model Addressing Suicide Issues in Systems of Care Communities
Sylvia K. Fisher, Stephen Roggenbaum, Jason H. Padgett, Kristin Williams-Washington, Gary M. Blau

Symposium—Youth Suicide: Addressing the Issue through Prevention and Intervention
Chair: Christine M. Walrath
Discussant: Sylvia Fisher

Symposium Introduction
Christine M. Walrath

Congruence of Caregiver and Youth Reports of Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts
Anna Krivelyova, Robert L. Stephens

Suicide Attempt Subsequent to Entering System of Care Services: 
How Often Does it Happen, and to Whom?
Christine M. Walrath

Suicide Prevention: The Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide and Early Intervention Program
Angela Sheehan, Christine M. Walrath

Symposium Discussion
Sylvia K. Fisher

Researching the Needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning,
Intersexed, and Two-Spirited (LGBTQI2-S) Youth in a System of Care
Sylvia K. Fisher, Jeffrey M. Poirier

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