Abstract
The problems of the delivery of mental health and social services to rural children and adolescents encapsulate many of the problems in the larger health care system. Consequently, many of the principles underlying the President's Health Security Plan are applicable to the reformation of this more specialized service system. The experience of the Commonwealth of Virginia in implementing the Comprehensive Services Act (CSA) highlights the scope of vision needed to transform an existing service delivery system into a coordinated system of care on a state-wide scale.
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Dr. Sheldon-Keller is Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia. Dr. Koch is Director of Research and Evaluation, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Watts is Comprehensive Services Act Evaluation Manager, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Leaf is Professor in the Department of Mental Hygiene in the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
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Sheldon-Keller, A.E.R., Randy Koch, J., Watts, A.C. et al. The provision of services for rural youth with serious emotional and behavioral problems: Virginia's comprehensive services act. Community Ment Health J 32, 481–495 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02251047
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