It is estimated that in the United States, 14-26 per cent of children under the age of 18 suffer from some type of behavioural, emotional or developmental problem. However, less than a third of these children receive any mental health care. This volume presents recent developments in policy, service and evaluation, and explores how more of these children can be reached and helped.

Foreword - Bob FriedmanPART ONE: INTRODUCTIONThe Status of Children¿s Mental Health Services - Debra J Rog An OverviewPART TWO: ENCOURAGING COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS OF CARE: STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIESEditors¿ IntroductionState Level Policies in Children¿s Mental Health - Lenore B Behar An Example of System-Building and RefinancingSystems Change - Chris Koyanagi Moving beyond ReportsDevelopments in Children¿s Mental Health Services Research - Diane L Sondheimer and Mary Evans An Overview of Current and Future Demonstration DirectionsPART THREE: SELECTED COMPONENTS OF A SYSTEM OF CAREEditors¿ IntroductionServices in the Primary Care Context - Mark L WolraichThe Future of Psychiatric Hospitalization for Children and Adolescents - Barry NurcombeSchool-Based Mental Health Services for Children - Sarah Ring-Kurtz, Susan Sonnichsen and Kathleen Hoover-DempseyJuvenile Court - Kathleen A Maloy Once and Future Gatekeeper for a System of CarePART FOUR: EVALUATING CHILDREN¿S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEMS - THREE CURRENT EXAMPLESEditors¿ IntroductionSeeking Success by Reducing Implementation and Evaluation Failures - Leonard Bickman and Craig Anne HeflingerEvaluation of the Mental Health Services Program for Youth - Leonard Saxe et al Examining Rhetoric in ActionService Systems for Youth with Severe Emotional Disorder - Clifford Attkisson, Karyn Dresser and Abram Rosenblatt System of Care Research in California