Erschienen in:
01.10.2006 | Brief Report
Caregivers' Perceptions of Child Mental Health Needs and Service Utilization: An Urban 8-Year Old Sample
verfasst von:
Richard Thompson, PhD, Maria A. May, BA
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
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Ausgabe 4/2006
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Abstract
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 utilization were tentatively examined in multivariate analyses: caregivers' perceptions that children needed services and receipt of those services by children. Of these children, 24.8% were perceived by their caregivers as needing mental health services; 11.7% received mental health services and 13.1% did not. Internalizing behavioral problems increased children's likelihood of being seen as needing services, but failed to increase likelihood of receiving services. Four factors predicted receipt of mental health services: relative lack of poverty, non-African American ethnicity, externalizing behavior problems, and child history of maltreatment. Implications for services targeted at preadolescent children are discussed.