Need for child mental health services growing, lawmakers told - Vermont

Chris Engel 10/3/1312:00 PM

"More Vermont children are in need of mental health services but treatment options close to home are hard to find, lawmakers were told Wednesday. With the mental health system for adults in transition, government officials decided it was time to look into possible reform of children’s services as well.

"At a meeting with the Legislature’s Mental Health Oversight Committee in Montpelier on Wednesday, health care officials and individuals who have been exposed to the mental health care system gave testimony on issues such as decentralizing acute mental health care, creating a peer system in which friends are part of the recovery process and increasing funding for outpatient care...."

http://vtdigger.org/2013/09/26/need-child-mental-health-services-growing-lawmakers-told/

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