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Challenges in Conducting Family-Centered Mental Health Services Research

NANCY M. KOROLOFF, PhD, is a professor at the Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon, and director of research for the Research and Training Center for Family Support and Children's Mental Health. She is also currently the interim director of the Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University. Address: Nancy Koroloff, Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207.

BARBARA J. FRIESEN

BARBARA J. FRIESEN, PhD, is a professor and the director of the Research and Training Center for Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University.

In this article, the authors provide an analysis of the challenges facing researchers as they respond to the ideas that guide family-centered services and incorporate these themes into research focused on improving services for children with emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders and their families. The concept of "family-centered services" has emerged only recently as a generally well understood set of practice principles. Traditional approaches to conducting mental health research have not yet responded to the fundamental changes in thinking about service delivery evoked by a family-centered service system. The authors examine the fit between traditional mental health research and family-centered services and provide an introduction to the articles in this special issue.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 5, No. 3, 130-137 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/106342669700500301


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