Providing mental-health services to children is a low priority among agencies that can pay for them, in part because of the stigma associated with mental-health problems, according to new research from the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at George Washington University in Washington.
In its report, the center says mental-health services for children will get a boost from the 2010 Affordable Care Act, but there will still be gaps. One barrier the report cites: School district policies and priorities may complicate implementation of state-funded, child mental- and behavioral-health programs located in schools.
