Youth and Provider Perspectives on Social Service Providers' Roles in Mental Health Services

In 1994 and 1996, the Youth Services Project interviewed 792 youths from St. Louis City. Although the youths showed a high need for mental health services (20% met diagnostic criteria), less than half of the youths with problems received services. Past contact with a social service provider, but not...

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Published in:Journal of social service research 1999-08, Vol.25 (3), p.83-97
Main Authors: Stiffrnan, Arlene Rubin, Eize, Diane, Hadley-Ives, Eric, Johnson, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Emotionally disturbed adolescents
Health Care Utilization
mental health service providers
Mental Health Services
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
service pathways
Service providers
social service providers
Social services agencies
Social Services Utilization
Social Workers
St. Louis, Missouri
Teachers
Youth
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Summary:In 1994 and 1996, the Youth Services Project interviewed 792 youths from St. Louis City. Although the youths showed a high need for mental health services (20% met diagnostic criteria), less than half of the youths with problems received services. Past contact with a social service provider, but not a teacher, physician, etc., significantly predicted care for mental health problems (odds ratio = 1.5). Social service professionals (largely social workers) served more youths than did any other profession. Of youths with persistent problems, 25% received services from social service professionals, 3% from MD/PhD level psychiatrists or psychologists, 7% from primary care medical doctors, 12% from teachers/coaches, 15% from other helpers, and 37% received no services at all.
ISSN:0148-8376
1540-7314
DOI:10.1300/J079v25n03_06