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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.

Part of a symposium on "Studies in Mental Health Policy" (see related abstracts in SOPODA 17:2). The need for systems planning & services integration involving the education, mental health, & child welfare systems is presented. Significant federal programs in these systems, as well as the income support program, Supplemental Security Income, are reviewed, revealing a lack of policy for dealing with emotionally disturbed children. It is demonstrated that fragmentation & duplication are endemic in all aspects of mental health; consequently, policy implementation is exceedingly difficult. 20 References. Adapted from the source document.