Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ664512
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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A Historical Perspective on National Child Mental Health Policy.
Lourie, Ira S.; Hernandez, Mario
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v11 n1 p5-9 Spr 2003
This article traces historical attempts to form a comprehensive child mental health policy in the United States and discusses the latest unsuccessful attempts at the creation of such a policy through the managed behavioral healthcare revolution and the Child and Adolescent Service System Program and Child Mental Health Services initiative. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Delivery Systems, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Federal Programs, Health Care Costs, Health Maintenance Organizations, Mental Health Programs, Policy Formation, Primary Health Care, Services, Social History
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special Series: Children's Mental Health Policy.
