[Commpsych] FW: Invitation to submit to special issue of Advances in Mental Health on Promoting Youth Mental Health

[Heather Gridley]

Some of you might be especially interested in this special issue of Advances in Mental Health on promoting youth mental health - feel free to circulate the notice.

Heather

Promoting youth mental health through early intervention

A special issue of Advances in Mental Health <http://amh.e-contentmanagement.com/>
volume 10, number 1, March 2011

Edited by:

Debra Rickwood
Professor of Psychology
University of Canberra ACT

Beverley Raphael
Professor of Psychiatry
Australian National University and University of Western Sydney

David Pilgrim
Professor of Mental Health Policy
University of Central Lancashire, UK

Advances in Mental Health <http://amh.e-contentmanagement.com/>  has a conceptual frame encompassing mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, explorations of wellness, best practice interventions toward recovery, seamless provision of support from inpatient to community care, and holistic support approaches for human beings who seek meaningful solutions. Papers are invited for this special issue dedicated to the discussion and analysis of new initiatives in promoting youth mental health through early intervention. Youth is defined broadly as adolescents and young adults aged 12-25 years. Papers are welcome from a wide range of disciplines and from health and human services workers, mental health professionals, mental health policy administrators, educators and academic researchers.  They may address:

*       The role of early intervention in the spectrum of interventions
*       Integrating early intervention for youth with mental health interventions across the lifespan
*       Interventions focused on risk and protective factors
*       Screening and detection
*       Service use and access
*       Recent advances in early treatment approaches
*       Early intervention for co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug problems
*       Effective early intervention models and systems of care
*       The role of ICT in early intervention
*       Youth participation
*       Families and carers
*       Ethical issues in early intervention
*       Professional, workforce and training issues
*       Cultural perspectives
*       International perspectives

Submissions: Manuscript submissions are invited by the submission deadline, observing the Author Guidelines <http://amh.e-contentmanagement.com/page/87/submit-papers> .

All papers will undergo a double peer review process. The special issue will include 8-10 articles of approximately 4,000-6,000 words each, and be published in Advances in Mental Health <http://amh.e-contentmanagement.com/>  volume 10/1 (March 2011).

Manuscript submission deadline: 15 December 2010


Professor Debra Rickwood PhD FAPS
Psychology, Faculty of Health
University of Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2701
Fax: +61 (0)2 6201 5753
Email: Debra.Rickwood at canberra.edu.au

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