New program seeks to help city kids overcome obstacles to receiving mental health services
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
Research has shown that nearly 40 percent of youth in low-income communities exhibit significant mental health needs needs which remain largely unaddressed due to a myriad of barriers, including system-level obstacles, such as waiting lists, stigma related to seeking mental health care, poverty, family stress and competing priorities.
