This DataWatch explores the roles of human service sectors (mental health, education,
health, child welfare, and juvenile justice) in providing mental health services for children. The …

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the relationship between the need for and use of mental
health services among a nationally representative sample of children who were investigated …

Background: The Great Smoky Mountains Study of youth focuses on the relationship between
the development of psychiatric disorder and the need for and use of mental health services…

OBJECTIVE: Violent behavior among individuals with severe mental illness has become an
important focus in community-based care. This study examines the joint effect of substance …

… Burns BJ: A call for a mental health services research agenda for youth with serious
emotional disturbance. Mental Health Services Research 1:5-20, 1999Crossref, Google Scholar …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined points of entry into the mental health service system for
children and adolescents as well as patterns of movement through five service sectors: …

OBJECTIVES: Pediatric chronic physical illness and adult psychiatric disorders are substantial
sources of burden for family care-takers, but little attention has been paid to parental …

The article reviews the current status (1993–2007) of psychosocial treatments for children
and adolescents who have been exposed to traumatic events. Twenty-one treatment studies …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and outcomes of individuals with psychosocial
impairment not meeting DSM-III-R criteria for any of 29 well-defined disorders and to suggest …

… EJBurns BJ Perceived parental burden and service use for child and adolescent psychiatric
… ABurns BJ A family network–based model of access to child mental health services. …