title: Children come first? A brief history of children's mental health services.
abstract: This article provides a brief history on the evolution of child mental health services. From 1961 when modern day mental health programming began with the Joint Commission on Mental Health and Illness to key developments in children's mental health services and prevention in modern day.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York at Buffalo.
authors.forename: Murray
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence