@article{ref1,
title="Increasing access to mental health services through reduction of stigma",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="2020",
author="Beers, Nathaniel and Joshi, Shashank V.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Despite the mental health needs of children and adolescents, families may have a general reluctance to access care due to a perception of stigma. With >22% of children and youth being diagnosed with behavioral health needs in the United States before they are 18 years old,1 there is a critical need to ensure that these individuals access mental health services before a crisis. Several components can help with this: screening for mental health needs, facilitating referral, and addressing willingness to access care. In this issue of Pediatrics, &quot;A School-Based Intervention for Mental illness Stigma: A Cluster Randomized Trial&quot; by Link et al2 highlights the short- and long-term impacts of a middle school intervention on reducing stigma and social isolation and increasing the potential of …<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="10.1542/peds.2020-0127",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0127"
}