Improving Mental Health Services for Economically Disadvantaged Children: Training Teachers

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Conditions studied: Psychopathology

In brief

Children from low socioeconomic levels are more likely to have a mental disorder. However, they are less likely to receive appropriate treatment for that disorder than are children at higher socioeconomic levels. This study will evaluate a program designed to improve mental health services for these children through public school systems.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00069563

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

93

Starts

1995-09-01

Expected to finish

2000-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Enrolled in the 4th grade in a participating public school
• Elevated levels of internalizing or externalizing psychopathology

You may not qualify if…

• Psychosis in parent(s) or child
• No legal guardian (e.g., state custody)

Where it is running

• Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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