A Longitudinal Study of Young Children and Mental Health Care. Data Trends #114

Institution	Portland State Univ., OR. Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health.; University of South Florida, Tampa. Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of Young Children and Mental Health Care. Data Trends #114
Quelle	(2005), (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Health Services; African American Children; Young Children; Mental Health Programs; Health Needs; At Risk Persons; Urban Areas; Screening Tests; Access to Health Care; Psychological Patterns; Age Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Child Health; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Frühe Kindheit; Risikogruppe; Urban area; Stadtregion; Screening-Verfahren; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" discusses research on mental health care utilization among young children, up to age seven, in a low-income urban setting. Overall, the study indicates that there is a high incidence of mental health problems requiring treatment, at least among some groups of young children. The results also raise important questions about the identification of mental health problems among young children, about disparities in access to treatment, and about differences in how distress may be expressed and interpreted at different ages, and among different groups. In addition, it should be noted that while the majority of children in this study, identified by their parents as needing treatment during the six year study period, did have access to some treatment, this does not address issues about the timeliness or adequacy of the mental health services received. It is evident from these results that change is required to remove the barriers to mental health services for African American children and girls. A better understanding of the needs of young children, and services that are responsive to mental health problems that may vary by age, gender, or other differences, is essential if the high rate of unmet mental health needs among young children is to be reduced. [This "Data Trends: presents a summary of: Thompson, R. (2005). The course and correlates of mental health care received by young children: Descriptive data from a longitudinal urban high-risk sample. Children & Youth Services Review, 27, 39-50.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health. 1600 SW Fourth Ave., Suite 900, Portland, OR 97201. Tel: 503-725-4175; Fax: 503-725-4180; e-mail: rtcpubs@pdx.edu; Web site: http://www.rtc.pdx.edu.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10