June 2010 report by the American Academy of Pediatrics finds “Transformational changes” in children’s health care are coming. “By the year 2020, mental health care will constitute a significant part of general pediatric practice.” Read the whole task force report!

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/125/Supplement_3/S69

Today in the U.S. about 1/5 of our children and adolescents have emotional or behavioral problems, and of these, approximately ½ struggle with conditions that seriously impair their ability to function.

(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1999)