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Mental health and educational difficulties in children in contact with Children's Social Services
- Authors:
- GUGLANI Sacha, RUSHTON Alan, FORD Tamsin
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 13(2), May 2008, pp.188-196.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The British Child Mental Health Survey 1999 collected data from 10,438 children aged 5-15 years, selected at random from the child benefit register. At 2 and 3 years, all those with a psychiatric disorder and a random third without were followed up with further detailed interviews about the services contacted if parents reported service contact or if parents expressed concern about their child's mental health at baseline and follow-up, but reported no service use. The study compared children in contact with Children's Social Services with children in contact with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) or no services. The children in contact with Children's Social Services had a high level of psychopathology and considerable educational difficulties. Despite this, they often had no contact with CAMHS or access to provision for special educational needs. It also became clear that parents were often using Children's Social Services as a first-line service, i.e. a way of trying to access help.