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Inside the Black Box: what constitutes a day in a residential treatment centre?
Author(s) -
Libby Anne M.,
Coen Anita Saranga,
Price David A.,
Silverman Karen,
Orton Heather D.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2005.00357.x
Subject(s) - mental health , welfare , type of service , psychiatry , social welfare , duration (music) , medicine , psychology , gerontology , service (business) , business , marketing , political science , law , art , literature
Residential Treatment Centres (RTCs) provide 24‐hour care and mental health services to young people, many of whom are referred from county departments that oversee services to young people involved with child welfare services, mental health services and corrections. While RTCs are required to provide mental health services to young people, the regulations governing these programmes have few specific requirements about the process, content or duration of treatment. Therefore, many questions have arisen about what a typical RTC day looks like and whether it differs among providers or differs based on the severity or type of the young person's mental‐health related behaviours and symptoms. This study conducted interviews with RTC providers in the State of Colorado on this topic. Most RTC services were relatively uniform across case types within each RTC. It appears that with a few exceptions, a similar set of services is provided to all young people, regardless of their problems.