No One's Priority: The Plight of Children with Serious Mental Disorders in Medicaid Systems

Posted on May 21, 2003

The President's Commission on Mental Health found that the mental health care system is more complex and inadequate for children than for adults, and that families don't know where to turn. The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law reports that these concerns were apparent in focus groups, where parents described difficulties and frustrations in getting proper care for their mentally ill children.