TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in characteristics of children served by the children's mental health initiative
T2 - 1994-2007
AU - Walrath, Christine
AU - Garraza, Lucas Godoy
AU - Stephens, Robert
AU - Azur, Melissa
AU - Miech, Richard
AU - Leaf, Philip
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant # 1R01MH075828. The views expressed are the opinions of the authors and not those of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Health, or the federal government.
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Data from 14 years of the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program were used to understand the trends of the emotional and behavioral problems and demographic characteristics of children entering services. The data for this study were derived from information collected at intake into service in 90 sites who received their initial federal funding between 1993 and 2004. The findings from this study suggest children entering services later in a site's funding cycle had lower levels of behavioral problems and children served in sites funded later in the 14 year period had higher levels of behavioral problems. Females have consistently entered services with more severe problems and children referred from non-mental health sources, younger children, and those from non-white racial/ethnic backgrounds have entered system of care services with less severe problems. The policy and programming implications, as well as implications for local system of care program development and implementation are discussed.
AB - Data from 14 years of the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program were used to understand the trends of the emotional and behavioral problems and demographic characteristics of children entering services. The data for this study were derived from information collected at intake into service in 90 sites who received their initial federal funding between 1993 and 2004. The findings from this study suggest children entering services later in a site's funding cycle had lower levels of behavioral problems and children served in sites funded later in the 14 year period had higher levels of behavioral problems. Females have consistently entered services with more severe problems and children referred from non-mental health sources, younger children, and those from non-white racial/ethnic backgrounds have entered system of care services with less severe problems. The policy and programming implications, as well as implications for local system of care program development and implementation are discussed.
KW - CMHI
KW - Children's mental health
KW - Serious emotional disturbance
KW - Service trajectories
KW - Systems of care
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U2 - 10.1007/s10488-009-0231-1
DO - 10.1007/s10488-009-0231-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 19641987
AN - SCOPUS:70449523000
SN - 0894-587X
VL - 36
SP - 361
EP - 373
JO - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
IS - 6
ER -