Contributors
Preface
Introduction: The Problem of Engaging High-Risk Adolescents
in Treatment
-David Castro-Blanco, Karen Kovacs North, and Marc S.
Karver
Conclusions: Looking Ahead-Future Directions in Treatment
Engagement With High-Risk Adolescents
-David Castro-Blanco, Marc S. Karver, and Joseph Chiechi
Index
About the Editors
David Castro-Blanco, PhD, ABPP, is the director of the
doctoral program in clinical psychology at the Adler School of
Professional Psychology in Chicago, where he also teaches courses
on cognitive amp ndash behavioral intervention and research
design.
He received his doctorate in clinical psychology at St. John's
University in New York and completed a National Institute of Mental
Health-sponsored postdoctoral fellowship at New York State
Psychiatric Institute, where he specialized in adolescent suicide
prevention.
His research focuses on identifying and treating anxiety in young
people and enhancing treatment engagement with adolescents at risk
for treatment dropout. He has written extensively on mental health
issues facing college students and young adults, and he has
developed a treatment manual and protocol combining mindfulness
meditation practice and study skills training for students
experiencing academic anxiety.
Before joining the faculty at the Adler School, Dr. Castro-Blanco
served on the psychology faculties of the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine, Long Island University, and St. John's
University. In addition, he served as a senior clinician at the
American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York for 2
years.
He holds the Diploma in Clinical Psychology from the American Board
of Professional Psychology and has served as an editor or reviewer
for several professional journals.
Marc S. Karver, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and
an associate professor of psychology at the University of South
Florida, Tampa. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology
from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
His research interests include the evaluation and improvement of
the quality of real-world mental health services for children and
adolescents. He has focused on addressing the three areas that
define quality mental health services: structure (characteristics
of health organizations and service delivery systems that lead to
positive outcomes-e.g., prevention services increasing access to
mental health services), measurement of treatment processes (what
goes on inside of mental health services that leads to positive
outcomes), and outcomes (both positive and maladaptive).
His work has focused on studying the provision of mental health
prevention and intervention services to at-risk populations, such
as suicidal adolescents. He has a number of highly cited
publications focused on the measurement of treatment engagement
processes.
Dr. Karver has designed or collaborated on numerous studies
involving assessment, treatment decisions, intervention, or
prevention services delivered to suicidal youths. His research has
been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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