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Presented at the 20th Annual Research Conference

Mental Health Needs and Service Utilization among Children and Families in the Child Welfare System: Recent Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being

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Session Number: 47 Room: Salon I

Presentation Type: symposium

Chair: E. Wayne Holden Discussant: Mary Bruce Webb

Synopsis: This presentation includes recent studies conducted using the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to examine mental health needs and service utilization among families in the child welfare system. The first presentation explores how race/ethnicity affects health service access. The second presentation examines correlates of caregiver depression, mental health services, and the impact of caregiver depression and service use on child outcomes. The last presentation summarizes mental health needs and service utilization among children who entered the child welfare system between 0-12 months of age. Findings will underscore the necessity to provide appropriate treatment for families involved in the child welfare system.

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Session Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Presentation Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM

How and Why does Health Service Access Vary across Racial/Ethnic Groups for Children in the Child Welfare System?

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Presenting: Rebecca Wells

All Authors for this paper: Rebecca Wells; Marianne Hillemeier; Yu Bai; Rhonda Belue

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This study used data from a national survey to explore how race/ethnicity may affect health service access among children in the child welfare system. Chi-square tests revealed differences in two of the six types of access examined: vision, to which Latino children had the best access, and behavioral counseling, for which access was very low for all children, especially those who were black. Multiple regressions showed that self paid status was negatively associated with counseling access and child welfare agency accreditation was positively associated with counseling. However, neither these nor other factors included in the model eliminated black childrenÕs disadvantage.

Presentation Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Caregiver Risk Factors and Service Use

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Presenting: Barbara Burns

All Authors for this paper: Barbara Burns; Sarah Mustillo; Elizabeth Farmer; Julie McCrae; David Kolko; Anne M. Libby; Mary Bruce Webb

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This study is based on data from a national and longitudinal survey of children in contact with child welfare. The aims were to examine correlates of caregiver depression, predictors of mental health service use, and the impact of caregiver depression on child outcomes. Demands on parents Ôwhile depressedÕ are significant and likely to affect parenting. Alternatively, the impact of maltreatment and multiple risk factors results in elevated clinical need among children that may further exacerbate caregiver depression. The findings underscore the necessity to provide appropriate treatment for caregivers and their children.

Presentation Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Behavioral/Emotional Problems and Mental Health Service Utilization among Very Young Children in the Child Welfare System

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Presenting: Heather Ringeisen

All Authors for this paper: Heather Ringeisen; Theodore Cross

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This presentation will examine the behavioral profiles and mental health service utilization patterns of children who enter the child welfare system between 0-12 months of age. The study examines the behavioral and emotional problems reported for these youth as they age into early childhood (5-6 years of age) and summarizes mental health service utilization patterns across specialty and non-specialty sectors. Findings suggest substantial mental health needs among this target population (approximately 18%). Contrary to findings with older children, these very young children were by far most likely to use outpatient mental health services over non-specialty (e.g., school or primary care) services.

Presentation Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM