Principal Investigator: Sale, Elizabeth W.
Document Description
The Children’s Service Fund of St. Louis County funded a needs assessment in 2012 to explore the perceived mental health needs of parents, students, and provider agencies. The study was conducted by the Applied Research Collaborative that included faculty from UMSL, specifically at MIMH, the Public Policy Research Center, School of Social Work and Department of Political Science, and St. Louis University. The needs assessment was conducted through surveys, in-person interviews, focus groups and analysis of existing secondary data.
MIMH has provided program evaluation services to agencies in the community, statewide and nationally for the past 40 years. With expertise in both process and outcome evaluation, MIMH has worked hand-in-hand with organizations to improve program services and assess program effectiveness.
This report discusses results from the biannual student survey of Missouri youth in 6th-12th grade from 2010-2014 and provides a cross tab analysis of question wording by year.
After losing one son to suicide and another in combat within eight months of each other, Major General Graham made it his mission to help prevent other families from facing the same sort of tragedies. Together with his wife, Carol, and his daughter, Melanie, Major General Graham works to raise awareness about untreated depression in the military and the rising number of military suicides. The Grahams have become advocates for soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other mental health illnesses. In this DVD, Major General Graham will share his personal story of loss and relate how his family is leading the fight to reduce military suicides.
