Mental Illness Treatment Varies Widely Among American Children (IMAGE)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Mental Illness Treatment Varies Widely Among American Children

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After a mental illness episode, less than half of children received any therapy within three months, and 22.5% of children received only drug therapy, according to a Princeton University-led study that looked it national insurance claims.

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Egan Jimenez, Princeton University

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