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A School-Based Program of Mental Health Services

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.8.876

The Brookdale School Program provides mental health consultation and direct services to more than 450 children in a Brooklyn school district through an unusual network involving the local hospital's psychiatry department, the community mental health center, and the school. In the Brookdale program hospital-based psychiatrists and school-based social workers, nurses, and psychologists work with teachers, administrators, and parents to provide insight into the emotional and learning difficulties of some children and to set treatment goals. Two case examples are presented.

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