Geographic Disparities in Children’s Mental Health Care

October 2003 Geographic Disparities in Children's Mental Health CareABSTRACT. Objective. It is widely believed that only a minority of vulnerable children and adolescents receive any mental health services. Although health care disparities associated with socio-demographic characteristics are well known, almost no information exists about another potentially important source of disparity for children: How does state of residence affect mental health service use . . .