ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2020
Predicting Dropout from Children's Mental Health Services: Using a Need-Based Definition of Dropout.
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- Male Caregivers and Engagement in a Family Strengthening Program for Child Disruptive Behavior Disorders.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- Predictors of nonresponse and drop-out among children and adolescents receiving TF-CBT: investigation of client-, therapist-, and implementation factors.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Missed initial appointments at Israeli child development centres: Rate, reasons, and associated characteristics.The International journal of health planning and management · 2022Article
- Psychotherapy Dropout: Using the Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set to Explore the Early In-Session Process of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Predicting Dropout from Children's Mental Health Services: Using a Need-Based Definition of Dropout.Child psychiatry and human development · 2020Article
- Predicting patterns of service utilization within children's mental health agencies.BMC health services research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Dropout from children's mental health services has negative impacts on children, families and service providers. To target interventions aimed to reduce dropout, it is essential to predict individuals who drop out. This study compares predictors of dropout using a novel need-based definition, to existing definitions of dropout. Children (N = 650; 61% male) aged 5-13 attended five children's mental health agencies in Ontario. A mixed effects logistic regression was used to model binary outcome variables (i.e., dropout or treatment completion), for each definition of dropout. Using the need-based definition, older child age, lower child problem presentation, higher child risk behaviors, higher caregiver needs, and more child strengths predicted an increased likelihood of dropout. The need-based definition results in different predictors of dropout than existing definitions in the literature. High caregiver needs was the only predictor of dropout across all definitions. Caregiver needs represent a prospective target when distributing interventions aimed to reduce dropout.
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