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Abstract: 

Attempts to explain why the majority of children needing mental health services are not receiving them have tried to identify barriers to service access or service use. Typically, these investigations have focused on one or more of the following: • Conditions associated with various sociodemographic characteristics; • Cultural beliefs and explanations regarding mental health; • The influence of others; and • The incongruence of cultural beliefs, values, and needs with those inherent in traditional mental health programs. Although parents are usually those responsible for assuring that children obtain and use mental health services, few of these investigations have directly queried parents about what they perceive as impediments to their children’s access to or use of mental health services.

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Affiliations:  1: Sullivan Center for Children; 2: Mount Sinai School of Medicine.