| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | residential placement of youth | | Croatian translation: | institucionalizacija mladih | | Entered by: | masai |
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Medical - Psychology / mental health | | English term or phrase: residential placement of youth | In 1986 over 100,000 young people between the ages of 10 and 19 were admitted to psychiatric hospitals and countless others were placed in other out-of-home treatment centers for emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted youth. The growth in this population over previous years suggests that the numbers of children and youths entering these facilities may be on the increase. Placement in residential care facilities and hospitals is not only extremely expensive for families and for third party payees, but it also may have longterm adverse consequences.In addition to the economic costs, placement in a residential treatment facility often means that the young person will be labelled as mentally ill or emotionally disturbed. There is an extensive body of research establishing the negative effects of such labelling on an individual's self-esteem and behavior patterns (c.f., Rosenthal, 1968). Specifically, labelling can result in increased dependency behavior in a child and lack of motivation to change, making treatment efforts unduly difficult.Parents and siblings of the young people placed in these institutions may also experience detrimental effects as a result of the placement. The removal of a child from the home, even with parental consent or encouragement, often carries the connotation of family failure and at the same time absolves the parents of any responsibility for the youth. As a result, family functioning declines rather than improves--an effect that not only has negative consequences for other children in the home but which also discourages reunifications with the child who is placed (Menses and Durant, 1987).Despite the large numbers of youths placed, and the economic and psychological costs of these placements, little is known about the population of young people in out-of-home mental health treatment facilities. Surprisingly, the fundamental question of whether these placements are necessay or even appropriate for the youths involved does not seem to have been adequately addressed. One of the problems is that there are many types of these facilities and several different pathways to placement. Since the characteristics of youths placed are likely to vary considerably across treatment modalities and pathways to placements, these cross-cutting features must be considered before the population can be identified.
Types of Residential Placement
A review of the literature suggests that there are three general types of residential mental health treatment facilities for children and adolescents. These are: (1) group homes, (2) short-term psychiatric hospitals, and, (3) public or private mental institutions. Group homes are residential treatment centers whose origins may be traced to the late 1960s and early 1970s when there was a movement in the child welfare field to develop programs that would deinstitutionalize mental health treatment for children and adolescents who were not severely mentally ill or violent.
Group homes usually provide treatment for anywhere from 6 to 12 youths and are intended for youngsters who do not require the intensive services of larger, full-service institutions. Some larger institutions have developed multiple group homes within the confines of a single residential campus. The youths may remain in group homes for several months or even years. Many of the youths placed in group homes are status offenders or youth who have been diagnosed as emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted rather than mentally ill (Shostack and Quane, 1988; Simone, 1988). State-based studies of youth placed in group homes have found that they tend to come from low-income, single-parent or step-parent families. Black and white youth are about equally represented in the population studies as are males and females. Little is known about the success of group homes either in reunifying families or preparing youths for independent living.
Some children and teenagers, particularly those with specific disorders such as substance abuse or sexual offenses, may be placed in psychiatric hospitals specializing in short-term impatient treatment (30 to 90 days) followed up by out-patient aftercare services for one to two years. the inpatient treatment is designed to afford youth a dramatic shift in their environment and provide them and their family members intensive therapeutic treatments to effect a rapid change in their behavior and in family functioning. Youths placed in these facilities tend to be predominantly white and from middle-or upper-middle-class families. The extremely high cost of these services necessitates third-party payments which are not likely to be available to many low-income families (Smollar, Youniss and Ooms, 1986).
Public and private mental institutions or residential treatment centers supply long-term care and treatment for youth. These institutions serve youth who are violent and severely mentally ill, as well as those who are diagnosed as emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted. Youths placed in these hospitals vary widely with respect to their socieoeconomic status and recial and ethnic backgrounds, usually, but not always, depending upon whether the institution is public or private. Some private institutions will have beds set aside for patients whose costs are covered by public funds. However, these are usually limited in number and tend to have restrictions on the duration of treatment. |
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| | institucionalizacija mladih | Explanation:
Mislim da ovdje nije riječ o samom smještaju koliko o procesu, s toga smatram da pojam institucionalizacija je prihvatljiv, s tim da se koristi i u profesionalnom (stručnom) svijetu. |
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smještaj mladih u institucije.... čini mi se da se često rabi taj izraz "smjestiti u instituciju"....sad, koliko je primjeren... ne znam
Treća su stepenica institucije za produženo liječenje i smještaj. Kada se članovi obitelji umore od skrbi za bolesnog člana ili kada je bolest takvog tijeka da nije moguće postići adekvatnu remisiju, potreban je smještaj u posebne institucije. Nažalost, u našem društvu te su institucije znak stigme i članovi obitelji dugo odgađaju smještaj u njih.
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- Iako kroz sustav socijalne skrbi različita prava na pomoć (uključujući novčanu pomoć, institucijski i udomiteljski smještaj) ostvaruje oko 15.000 mladih
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