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Since the early 1980s, increasing attention has been devoted in the literature to the conceptualization, development, and implementation of integrated and comprehensive mental health systems of care for children and adolescents. In establishing this new children's mental health paradigm of community-based systems of care, there are presently very few well-trained professionals and leaders focused on collaborative (including interagency) initiatives in the delivery of children's mental health services. Nevertheless, the field of public health offers an interdisciplinary setting for the education and training of individuals in children's mental health services. This national survey of all 27 accredited schools of public health in the United States and Puerto Rico examined the existing capacity for and potential to expand educational and training opportunities in the organization, financing, and delivery of children's mental health services.
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Levin, B.L., Beauchamp, B.T. & Henry-Beauchamp, L.A. Education and Training of Children's Mental Health Professionals: The Existing and Potential Role of Schools of Public Health. Journal of Child and Family Studies 6, 131–136 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025028909054
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