Monday, December 2, 2013

The Chasm in Adolescent Medical Care: Psychiatric Disorders

"More than half of adolescents with psychiatric disorders receive no treatment of any sort, says a new study by E. Jane Costello, a Duke University professor of psychology and epidemiology and associate director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy. When treatment does occur, the providers are rarely mental health specialists, says the study, which was based on a survey of more than 10,000 American teenagers."

Read more from November 18, 2013 Duke University Press Release

http://today.duke.edu/2013/11/costello

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