Systems of Care: Children and Adolescents With Serious Emotional Disturbances (continued)
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How well do systems of care work?
Studies suggest that effective systems of care:
- Reduce the number of costly hospital and out-of-home residential treatment placements;
- Improve how children behave and function emotionally;
- Improve school performance;
- Reduce violations of the law; and
- Provide services to more children and families who need them.
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Important Messages About Child and Adolescent Mental Health:
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For free information about child and adolescent mental health, including publications, references, and referrals to local and national resources and organizations, call 1-800-789-2647; (TDD) 1-866-889-2647, or go to http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/browse.asp.
1 Prevalence of serious emotional disturbance in children and adolescents. Mental Health, United States, 1996. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996.
2 This list is not meant to be complete. Individual services for children and their families implies flexibility, which creates a set of services uniquely suited for an individual child and family.
Reprinted with the permission of the National Mental Health Information Center.
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