A controlled trial of implementing a complex mental health intervention for carers of vulnerable young people living in out-of-home care: the ripple project

H Herrman; C Humphreys; S Halperin; K Monson; C Harvey; C Mihalopoulos; S Cotton; P Mitchell; T Glynn; A Magnus; L Murray; J Szwarc; E Davis; S Havighurst; P McGorry; S Tyano; I Kaplan; S Rice; K Moeller-Saxone

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A controlled trial of implementing a complex mental health intervention for carers of vulnerable young people living in out-of-home care: the ripple project

H Herrman, C Humphreys, S Halperin, K Monson, C Harvey, C Mihalopoulos, S Cotton, P Mitchell, T Glynn, A Magnus, L Murray, J Szwarc, E Davis, S Havighurst, P McGorry, S Tyano, I Kaplan, S Rice, K Moeller-Saxone

BMC Psychiatry | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1145-6

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Abstract

Background: Out-of-home care (OoHC) refers to young people removed from their families by the state because of abuse, neglect or other adversities. Many of the young people experience poor mental health and social function before, during and after leaving care. Rigorously evaluated interventions are urgently required. This publication describes the protocol for the Ripple project and notes early findings from a controlled trial demonstrating the feasibility of the work. The Ripple project is implementing and evaluating a complex mental health intervention that aims to strengthen the therapeutic capacities of carers and case managers of young people (12-17 years) in OoHC. Methods: The study i..

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Helen Herrman Author

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Carol Harvey Author

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IMPROVING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUT OF HOME CARE

Young people in out-of-home care have experienced traumas and adversities. They are highly vulnerable to mental ill-health and associated pr..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Ripple Study is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Targeted Call for Research grant number 1046692. The Bounce project is funded by Australian Rotary Health; and the Bounce co-design study that preceded it was funded by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at The University of Melbourne.