TY - JOUR KW - Behavioral Medicine/education/manpower KW - Child KW - Child Health Services/manpower/organization & administration KW - Health Personnel/education KW - Health Planning KW - Humans KW - Mental Health Services/manpower/organization & administration KW - United States AU - L. Huang AU - G. Macbeth AU - J. Dodge AU - D. Jacobstein A1 - AB - Building on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, this article highlights the twofold crisis in children's mental health: a critical shortage of practitioners in child-serving disciplines, and a mismatch between training and preparation and actual practice and service delivery. The authors discuss the challenges of transforming the workforce in the context of changing population demographics, the prevalence of complex childhood disorders, and emerging evidence-based practices. The authors conclude with recommendations targeted to states, community agencies, universities, professional associations, and advocates. BT - Administration and Policy in Mental Health C5 - Education & Workforce CP - 2 CY - United States IS - 2 JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health N2 - Building on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, this article highlights the twofold crisis in children's mental health: a critical shortage of practitioners in child-serving disciplines, and a mismatch between training and preparation and actual practice and service delivery. The authors discuss the challenges of transforming the workforce in the context of changing population demographics, the prevalence of complex childhood disorders, and emerging evidence-based practices. The authors conclude with recommendations targeted to states, community agencies, universities, professional associations, and advocates. PP - United States PY - 2004 SN - 0894-587X; 0894-587X SP - 167 EP - 187 EP - T1 - Transforming the workforce in children's mental health T2 - Administration and Policy in Mental Health TI - Transforming the workforce in children's mental health U1 - Education & Workforce U2 - 15586849 VL - 32 VO - 0894-587X; 0894-587X Y1 - 2004 ER -