Reforming Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care: The Role of Child Welfare Class Action Lawsuits and Systems of Care

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Oppenheim ◽  
Rashelle Lee ◽  
Carolyn Lichtenstein ◽  
Katrina L. Bledsoe ◽  
Sylvia K. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Class Action Lawsuits

Mental Health Service Utilization by Children in Foster Care in California

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 1238-1244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Halfon ◽  
Gale Berkowitz ◽  
Linnea Klee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Eligible Child ◽  
Age Related

An examination of Medi-Cal-paid claims was undertaken to assess the utilization of mental health services by children in California's foster care system. Using unduplicate counts of service use and diagnoses, it was determined that children in foster care account for 41% of all users of mental health services even though they represent less than 4% of Medi-Cal-eligible children. When partitioned into specific service categories, children in foster care account for 53% of all psychologist visits, 47% of psychiatry visits, 43% of Short Doyle/Medi-Cal inpatient hospitalization in public hospitals, and 27% of inpatient psychiatric hospitals. Expenditure for services paralleled utilization frequency. When compared to the non-foster care Medi-Cal-eligible child population, children in foster care have 10 to 20 times the rate of utilization per eligible child for selected services. For children in foster care, 75% of all diagnoses for billed service were accounted for by four diagnoses: adjustment disorders (28.6%), conduct disorders (20.5%), anxiety disorders (13.8%), and emotional disorders (11.9%), with clear age-related differences in the distribution of diagnoses.

scholarly journals A national study of the impact of outpatient mental health services for children in long-term foster care

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Bellamy ◽  
Geetha Gopalan ◽  
Dorian E. Traube
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internalizing Behavior ◽  
Outpatient Mental Health ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
The Impact

Despite the tremendous mental health need evidenced by children in foster care and high rates of use of mental health services among children in foster care, little is known about the impact of outpatient mental health services on the behavioral health of this population. This study utilizes data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW), the first nationally representative study of child welfare in the United States. A subsample of 439 children who have experienced long-term foster care were included in this study. These data were used to estimate the impact of outpatient mental health services on the externalizing and internalizing behavior problems of children in long-term foster care. A propensity score matching model was employed to produce a robust estimate of the treatment effect. Results indicate that children who have experienced long-term foster care do not benefit from the receipt of outpatient mental health services. Study results are discussed in the context of earlier research on the quality of mental health services for children in foster care.

Outpatient mental health services for children in foster care: a national perspective

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurel K Leslie ◽  
Michael S Hurlburt ◽  
John Landsverk ◽  
Richard Barth ◽  
Donald J Slymen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Outpatient Mental Health ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
National Perspective

scholarly journals Context-specific mental health services for children in foster care

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1289-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya J. Leathers ◽  
Marc S. Atkins ◽  
Jill E. Spielfogel ◽  
Lorri S. McMeel ◽  
Julia M. Wesley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Context Specific

scholarly journals Transformation of Children's Mental Health Services: The Role of School Mental Health

2007 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1330-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Hoover Stephan ◽  
Mark Weist ◽  
Sheryl Kataoka ◽  
Steven Adelsheim ◽  
Carrie Mills
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health Services ◽  
Children’S Mental Health Services
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