Families and the Mental Health System for Children and Adolescents
Subtitle: Policy, Services, and Research (Children's Mental Health Services Annuals)
Contributors: Craig Anne Heflinger (Editor); Carol T. Nixon (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: March 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780761902683
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Child welfare; Mental health services; Family/Marriage; Medical; Psychology; Teenagers; Research; Pediatrics; Mental Illness; Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness; Social Science / Research; Social Science-Research; Family; Child mental health services
First sentence: The most recent epidemiological estimates suggest that approximately 14% to 20% of all children from birth to age 18 have some type of emotional disorder, and about 3% to 5% of all children have a serious disorder (Brandenburg, Friedman, &amp; Silver, 1990; Costello, Burns, Angold, &amp; Leaf, 1993).