When Jeffrey J. Vanderploeg goes to national conferences and talks about the mental health services available to children and adolescents in Connecticut, his counterparts from across the country let him know how the state compares.

“We’re sort of the envy of most other states because we have so many intensive, in-home, evidence-based practices,” said Vanderploeg, associate director of the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice at the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut.

Even so, the vast majority of Connecticut youth with mental health problems don’t get the help they need, according to Vanderploeg and his colleagues in a report released Monday by the Child Health and Development Institute.

via Report: Strong children’s mental health services, but limited access | The CT Mirror.