title: Mental health services at selected private schools.
abstract: Private schools educate a significant percentage of US children and adolescents. Private schools, particularly where students reside during the academic year, assume responsibility for the health and well-being of their students. Children and adolescents experience mental health problems at a predictable rate, and private schools need a mechanism for addressing their students' mental health needs. Understanding that need requires data to guide the services and programs a school may put in place. Having data helps inform those services, and comparative data from other schools provides feedback and perspective. This project surveyed type and frequency of mental health problems experienced by students who received a formal evaluation at 11 private schools in Connecticut during academic year 2001-2002.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, PO Box 159, Mystic, CT 06355-0159, USA. tvanhoof@qualidigm.org
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Van Hoof
authors.forename: Tierney E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Sherwin
authors.forename: Rosemary C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Baggish
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Tacy
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Meehan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017149:Private Sector; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012574:Schools