TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Increasing access to mental health services through reduction of stigma
JO  - Pediatrics
A1  - Beers, Nathaniel
A1  - Joshi, Shashank V.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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, "A School-Based Intervention for Mental illness Stigma: A Cluster Randomized Trial" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-4005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0127
ID  - ref1
ER  -