Disabled children in special education programs in Taiwan: use of mental health services and unmet needs.
Despite national health insurance coverage in Taiwan, many health care needs remain unmet. In the current study, the behavior and emotional problems of 1,042 disabled children in special education programs were evaluated using the Chinese version of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL-C) and the Teacher's Report Form (TRF). Using the 60th percentile on the two tests as a cutoff representing a clinical indication, students who reached this cutoff point but did not receive mental health services in the past six months were considered to have "unmet mental health needs." Of the special education students in the study 73.9% reached clinical indications, but did not receive mental health care.
Department of Child Psychiatry Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Hsin-Yi
HY
Liang
Hsueh-Ling
HL
Chang
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016730:Program Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology