Table 1.

Use of outpatient mental health services in a cohort of children investigated by child welfare for alleged child abuse or neglect, as reported by caregivers^a

	Total (N=3,592)		Received outpatient mental health services (N=1,116)b
Baseline characteristics of children	N	%	N	%	SE
Child welfare involvement
In-home care and did not receive further child welfare services	1,350	70.9	250	18.2	1.7
In-home care and received additional child welfare services	1,534	21.1	485	24.3	2.6
Out-of-home care	708	8.1	381	50.7	4.3
Age (years)
2 to 3	578	14.4	84	9.2	1.9
4 to 5	528	16.6	138	21.7	3.5
6 to 10	1,402	41.9	457	20.5	2.5
11 to 14	1,084	27.1	437	31.7	3.0
Gender
Female	1,886	50.6	590	22.1	2.1
Male	1,706	49.4	526	22.1	1.9
Race or ethnicity
Caucasian	1,622	46.7	597	26.2	1.9
African American	1,078	28.4	259	17.8	2.1
Hispanic	606	17.8	162	18.8	4.2
Other	276	7.1	95	21.5	4.8
Child Behavior Checklist scorec
64 or greater	1,454	37.4	682	34.9	2.8
Less than 64	2,100	62.6	420	14.4	1.6
Maltreatment type (not mutually exclusive)
Physical abuse
Yes	1,078	35.4	372	26.4	2.7
No	2,239	64.6	675	20.1	1.5
Sexual abuse
Yes	609	13.3	265	25.4	3.6
No	2,708	86.7	782	21.9	1.7
Physical neglect
Yes	861	24.8	246	16.4	2.3
No	2,456	75.2	801	24.3	1.8
Supervisory neglect
Yes	1,376	39.5	416	22.6	2.4
No	1,941	60.5	631	22.1	1.8
Emotional abuse
Yes	429	11.9	160	27.3	5.8
No	2,888	88.1	887	21.7	1.4
Abandonment
Yes	151	1.9	64	37.4	9.5
No	3,166	98.1	983	22.0	1.5
Insurance status
Public	2,363	58.7	784	23.5	2.0
Private and military	805	28.4	230	22.4	2.3
No insurance	365	12.9	84	14.6	3.5

^aOutpatient mental health services received since investigation start date. Ns are unweighted, and percentages are weighted.

^b22.1 percent of the children received outpatient mental health services; SE=1.5

^cPossible scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating increased need.