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OIG: Inadequate mental health services hurting detained children
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30422
Subject(s) - inspector general , human services , mental health , homeland security , health department , homeland , psychology , nursing , medicine , political science , psychiatry , business , public health , law , politics , audit , accounting , terrorism
Children crossing the southern border are traumatized and in need of mental health services under conditions that were only exacerbated by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy last year, according to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report evaluating the performance of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in caring for these children.