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John Lyons, Ph.D, Publishes New Book

September,  2005

John Lyons, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Community Medicine at Northwestern University and member of the Polaris Scientific Advisory Group, has published a new book titled," Redressing the Emperor, Improving our Children's Mental Health System."

In addition to providing information for parents, family members, and advocates for improving the lives of children needing mental health care, this work will also interest clinicians, policy makers and students in social work, clinical psychiatry, public health and public policy.

Reviews: [T]imely and progressive...[t]his practical and well-researched analysis is highly recommended for mental health policy collections and large public libraries - Library Journal

The book can be ordered from the publisher at www.greenwood.com, www.amazon.com and www.buddinpraed.org

Dr Lyons has developed the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and the Adult Needs and Strengths (ANSA) outcome management instruments. Polaris Health Directions uses these instruments for its clinician assessment modules within Polaris-Youth and Polaris-ROMS respectively. CANS and ANSA are used actively in independent projects across the US