Mary Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5515453 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Mental Health Law & Policy University of South Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Deciding to Leave Care Is Not Dropout
Emerging adults discontinue behavioral health treatment at rates ranging from 30% to 50%. This study explored dropout using semi-structured interviews ( N = 20). Participants were engaged in a group therapy program, Healthy Transitions. Findings revealed the lack of therapeutic relationship and logistical issues such as cost, transportation, and conflicting work schedules contributed to dropout. Participants indicated that alleviating logistical …
Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment
Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topi…
Receiving mandated therapeutic services
Peer contagion among youth in Medicaid-funded residential mental health treatment programs
After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment
Understanding Resilience in Adolescent Girls
Child resilience is viewed as the capacity to use internal and external resources to successfully master stage-specific developmental issues. Smith and Carlson (1997) concluded that resilience can be described in three ways: 1) equated with coping, defined as efforts to restore or maintain equilibrium in the presence of significant stress; 2) conceptualized as the ability to recover in the face of trauma; and 3) defined as protective factors or m…
Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topi…
Receiving mandated therapeutic services
Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment
Peer contagion among youth in Medicaid-funded residential mental health treatment programs
After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment
Understanding Resilience in Adolescent Girls
Child resilience is viewed as the capacity to use internal and external resources to successfully master stage-specific developmental issues. Smith and Carlson (1997) concluded that resilience can be described in three ways: 1) equated with coping, defined as efforts to restore or maintain equilibrium in the presence of significant stress; 2) conceptualized as the ability to recover in the face of trauma; and 3) defined as protective factors or m…
Peer contagion among youth in Medicaid-funded residential mental health treatment programs
After Out-of-Home Mental Health Treatment
Post‐secondary transitions of youth emancipated from foster care
This study investigated the extent to which K now H ow2 G o ( KH2Go ), a national college access campaign developed for first‐generation students in the USA , would resonate with youth who had aged out of foster care. Interviews were conducted with 27 youth who were enrolled in a post‐secondary programme following emancipation from foster care. We found KH2Go to have a close fit with the experiences of youth who had been in foster care. Four topi…
Receiving mandated therapeutic services
Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment
Deciding to Leave Care Is Not Dropout
Emerging adults discontinue behavioral health treatment at rates ranging from 30% to 50%. This study explored dropout using semi-structured interviews ( N = 20). Participants were engaged in a group therapy program, Healthy Transitions. Findings revealed the lack of therapeutic relationship and logistical issues such as cost, transportation, and conflicting work schedules contributed to dropout. Participants indicated that alleviating logistical …
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works)