title: Children and adolescents.
abstract: Until the 2001 Surgeon General's report there had been no acknowledgment of the need for a national plan for research priorities to improve services and reduce illness burden for children and adolescents with severe mental disorders. Barriers to services among those in need include individual and family factors, and clinician and service system factors. Additionally, little reserch is available on the impact of major policy reforms on children's ability to obtain efficacious care. Critical research gaps exist in a number of areas with the prevention and early intervention area representing a particularly important missed opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epdemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, Room 310, PO Box 208034, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8034, USA. ronice.gilchrist@yale.edu
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoagwood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research; D014481:United States