School-Based Mental Health Services: Meeting the Needs of Children

Children's Mental Health Care Needs: Real, Common, and Treatable

A 2001 report from the U.S. Surgeon General stresses that mental health is critical to children's learning and general health-as important as immunizations to ensuring that every child has the best chance for a healthy start in life. An estimated 21 percent of young people in the United States between ages 9 and 17 -- 15 million children -- have diagnosable emotional, or behavioral health disorders, but less than a third get help for these problems. More needs to be done to get mental health services to children in need and prevent problems for kids at risk.

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