"CriticalThinkRx" May Reduce Psychiatric Prescribing to Foster Youth: Results from an Intervention Trial

Autor/inn/en	Cohen, David; Lacasse, Jeffrey R.; Duan, Rui; Sengelmann, Inge
Titel	"CriticalThinkRx" May Reduce Psychiatric Prescribing to Foster Youth: Results from an Intervention Trial
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 23 (2013) 3, S.284-293 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731513477691
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Drug Therapy; Psychiatry; Outcomes of Treatment; Child Welfare; Caseworkers; Social Work; Networks; Comparative Analysis; Foster Care; Children; Longitudinal Studies; Quasiexperimental Design; Curriculum; Critical Thinking; Decision Making; Statistical Analysis; Mental Health; Health Services; Program Evaluation; Professional Development; Pretests Posttests; Program Effectiveness; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrie; Kindeswohl; Soziale Arbeit; Pflegehilfe; Child; Kind; Kinder; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Kritisches Denken; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Statistische Analyse; Psychohygiene; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation
Abstract	Objectives: To test the potential impact of a critical curriculum on psychiatric medications designed for child welfare workers. Method: In a quasiexperimental, longitudinal study, the monthly proportion of medicated foster children and the average number of prescriptions per medicated child at Agency 1 (669 clients) exposed to the "CriticalThinkRx" curriculum were compared to Agencies 2-9 (3,346 clients) in the same two-county service network. Data were collected during 6 months of preintervention, 1 month of intervention, and 9 months of postintervention. Practitioners were not informed of data collection. Results: During postintervention months 1-8, the proportion of medicated children declined from 17.5% to 11.0% at Agency 1, while the mean proportion rose slightly at Agencies 2-9, statistically significant effects. At 9 months, the proportion at Agency 1 rose again though not reaching preintervention level. Average numbers of prescriptions per child remained unchanged. Conclusion: Use of "CriticalThinkRx" may reduce psychiatric prescribing in foster care. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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