Foundations of a Comprehensive Community Healthcare System Serving Youth

Magellan endorses a principle that has been promulgated by the Surgeon General of the United States (1999), among others, which supports improving the mental health of children in the U.S. and in transforming the mental health services system. “Without intervention, child and adolescent psychiatric disorders frequently continue into adulthood…they tend to use more health care services and have higher health care costs than other adults. If the system does not appropriately screen and treat them early, these childhood disorders may persist and lead to a downward spiral of school failure, poor employment opportunities and poverty in adulthood. No . . .