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Psychoeducation among caregivers of children receiving mental health services

Cartwright, Mark

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Physical Activity and Educational Services.
The primary purpose of this research project was to create, examine and improve a new psychoeducation measure, the Assessment of Caregiver Psychoeducation (ACP). Content validation of the instrument was achieved sequentially by surveying evaluations of the ACP by two "expert" groups: "Academic Experts" and "Consumer Experts." A secondary goal was to measure how much knowledge a group of 105 caregivers of children with psychiatric problems (Consumer Experts) have about their child’s mental illness and treatment, and the parents’ satisfaction about and perceived helpfulness of the psychoeducation and services provided to their children. This study used three instruments: The Assessment of Caregiver Psychoeducation (ACP) questionnaire, a set of ACP Evaluation Forms (EF’s) for both Academic Experts and Consumer Experts and a Background Information Form (BIF). The ACP questionnaire included seven sections containing questions about caregivers’ knowledge and perceptions regarding: 1.Their child’s mental health assessment(s), 2. Professional feedback received regarding this mental health assessment(s), 3. Information obtained about their child’s mental health diagnosis, difficulties and treatment, 4.Therapy given to their child, 5. Medication(s) prescribed to their child, 6. The Special Education assessment of their child. 7. The Special Education services given to their child. Overall, caregivers appeared to have "fair" knowledge about their child’s mental health and special education problems and services. More specifically, they communicated "excellent" knowledge about questions related to their child’s therapy and medication as well as information related to their child’s primary diagnosis. Ratings were "fair-" to "excellent-" on Special Education assessment and services questions; and "fair-" to "poor-" on knowledge related to their child’s second and third diagnoses on the Information section. In terms of how informed they felt, how satisfied they were with related services, and how helpful they perceived services to be; caregivers reported Mental Health Assessment, Mental Health Assessment Feedback, Information related to their child’s mental health problems, Therapy, Medication, Special Education Assessment and Special Education Services as "moderate-" to "very-" good on the ACP. Qualitative feedback on the ACP provided open ended responses from consumers providing additional information regarding mental health and school based services as well as limitations and barriers to service.
Antoinette Miranda (Advisor)
148 p.

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  • Cartwright, M. (2007). Psychoeducation among caregivers of children receiving mental health services [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1187029938

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cartwright, Mark. Psychoeducation among caregivers of children receiving mental health services. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1187029938.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cartwright, Mark. "Psychoeducation among caregivers of children receiving mental health services." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1187029938

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)