Wrap-around services: an analysis of community-based mental health services for children.
OBJECTIVE
Wrap-around services-individualized, community-based mental health services for children in their homes and schools-for children with severe emotional and behavioral disorders.


OBJECTIVE
To conduct an analysis of the social policy antecedents that culminated in wrap-around services in one state and consider the development of one state's implementation and relevant value issues.


METHODS
Policy and historical literature; the first author's experience as a director of a large wrap-around program.


CONCLUSIONS
While the advent of wrap-around services and the expansion of Medicaid represent significant steps forward in the treatment of children with mental health problems, outcome studies of these services are sorely needed.
Furman
Rich
R
School of Social Work, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. Furman@cahs.colostate.edu
Jackson
Robert
R
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000266:history; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States