NCJ Number
210653
Journal
Social Work in Mental Health Volume: 3 Issue: 1/2 Dated: 2004 Pages: 39-54
Date Published
2004
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This article describes the development, implementation, and accomplishments of a practice-based research group within a mental health program serving inner-city adolescents.
Abstract
In an effort to create and sustain a more reflective mental health program, the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (AHC), in New York City initiated a Practice-Based Research Group (PBRG) in 1995. This article describes the origins, initiation, development, implementation, and accomplishments of this PBRG. It also describes the challenges and opportunities faced by the PBRG and exemplars of practice-based research illustrating how this group utilizes their collective practice and experience to guide and develop practice-relevant research projects. By employing a practice-based research paradigm, the group increased reflective clinical practice and organizational reflectivity in several new directions. The PBRG gave practitioners access to their director as an equal party to reflection about practice. At the AHC, the PBRG created a significant capacity for knowledge development with regard to adolescent mental health needs. References