Is There a National Policy For Children and Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance?

In: Policy studies journal: the journal of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 669-680

Abstract

This article examines the status of a national mental health policy for children in need of mental health services. The need for systems planning and services integration involving multiple agencies is presented. The different programs of the major governmental agencies involved in the delivery of services to children are reviewed, as are the range of services provided. This article demonstrates the fragmentation and duplication that is endemic in all aspects of mental health, and that consequently makes policy implementation exceedingly difficult.