Recently, the national policy agenda has included an interest in the utilization of mental
health services, especially among urban and minority youth. This paper analyzes a survey of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of parent, family, and child factors with mental
health services need and utilization. METHOD: Possible determinants of services need and …

This study extended previous research on mental health utilization to a sample of 214
preadolescent children and their caregivers. Predictors of two distinct phases of service …

OBJECTIVES. This study was designed to (1) determine mental health service use by
children of varying age, sex, socioeconomic status, and urbanicity of residence;(2) compare …

OBJECTIVES:(1) To estimate the proportion of first graders perceived by their parents as
needing mental health or educational services,(2) to examine the validity of these …

The study goals were to determine the need for mental health services and the factors that
best predicted receipt of services in a sample of urban, primarily minority children. A sample …

Correlates of mental health and social service utilization are examined based on Ontario
Child Health Study data. Findings indicate that psychiatric disorder as a predictor of service …

The results of two studies identifying child, family, and environmental correlates of initial and
ongoing mental health service use by urban minority children and their families are …

Impact on the family resulting from children's emotional and behavioral problems, with
particular attention to relationships between such family impact and use of mental health …

Approximately 10% of children and adolescents have mental health problems necessitating
intervention, but well below 50% of these children receive needed services, and far fewer …