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July 16, 2004
20% of School Children Have Mental Health Problems
Posted by Zack Lynch
According to a recently released report in Pediatrics, more than 20% of children and adolescents have mental health problems. The report goes on to suggest, "Health care professionals for children and adolescents must educate key stakeholders about the extent of these problems and work together with them to increase access to mental health resources. School-based programs offer the promise of improving access to diagnosis of and treatment for the mental health problems of children and adolescents. Pediatric health care professionals, educators, and mental health specialists should work in collaboration to develop and implement effective school-based mental health services.
It will be interesting to see how this stastic is used in support of President Bush's soon to be announced National Mental Health Agenda.
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