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State Health Care Reforms: How They Affect Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disorders and Their Families

Published: December 31 1997

Abstract

This article presents baseline results of the Health Care Reform Tracking Project, a national study designed to describe and analyze state health care reforms and their impact on children and adolescents with emotional disorders and their families. The authors examine the nature and extent of health care reforms in which states are engaged and identify trends across states with respect to mental health service delivery for children and adolescents. The article concludes with a discussion of issues and concerns related to mental health service delivery and systems of care for children and adolescents with emotional disorders and their families.

Citation

Stroul, B. A., Pires, S. A., Roebuck, L., Friedman, R. M., Barrett, B., Chambers, K. L., & Kershaw, M. A. (1997). State health care reforms: How they affect children and adolescents with emotional disorders and their families. Journal of Mental Health Administration, 24(4), 386-399.