Children's Mental health: Current trends in the need for and provision of services in the Unired States
In the United States traditionally many children have gone unserved. This has been partly due to barriers in accessing services and the result of a fragmented and disorganized system of care. However, in the last two decades substantial progress has been made in adressing these problems. This articl...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2013
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/7375/7596 http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100338 |
| Summary: | In the United States traditionally many children have gone unserved. This has been partly due to barriers in accessing services and the result of a fragmented and disorganized system of care. However, in the last two decades substantial progress has been made in adressing these problems. This article reviews the need for children's mental health services in the United States, and describes recent attempts to improve coordination and access to the children's mental health service system. The introduction of systems of care, the expansion of school-based services, and innovations in the provision of community services are discussed. === Aún cuando en los Estados Unidos existe gran demanda de servicios de salud mental infantil, tradicionalmente muchos niños no han sido atendidos adecuadamente. Esto, en parte, se debe a los obstáculos en el acceso a los servicios y al resultado de un sistema de cuidado fragmentado y desorganizado. Sin embargo, en las últimas dos décadas se ha alcanzado un progreso sustancial en la manera de encarar estos problemas. Este artículo revisa la demanda de servicios de salud mental infantil que existe en los Estados Unidos y describe intentos recientes para mejorar la coordinación y el acceso al sistema de servicio de salud mental infantil. Se discuten la introducción de sistemas de cuidado, la expansión de servicios basados en la escuela y las innovaciones en la provisión de servicios a la comunidad. |
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