IICAPS: A Home-Based Psychiatric Treatment for Children and Adolescents

by Joseph L. Woolston, M.D. ’70, the Albert F. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Child Study Center and professor of pediatrics; Jean A. Adnopoz, M.P.H. ’81, clinical professor in the Child Study Center, and Steven J. Berkowitz, M.D., assistant professor in the Child Study Center (Yale University Press) Intended for health providers and planners, this book presents a model of mental health treatment for children with serious psychiatric disorders. The IICAPS (Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services) program offers an alternative treatment paradigm for families that has proven effective in reducing the need for inpatient and other institution-based services. The authors conclude with a discussion of some of the unresolved challenges inherent in home-based care for children with serious psychiatric disorders.