[Reform of the Belgian mental health care system for children and adolescents].

BACKGROUND

The Belgian child and adolescent mental health care system is in the process of being substantially reformed and re-shaped.

AIM

To outline recent reforms in Belgian child and adolescent mental health care.

METHOD

To provide an overview of the recent literature on service delivery and on the organisation of the Belgian mental health care system for children and adolescents.

RESULTS

On the basis of various studies a National Plan for Child and Adolescent Mental Health was drawn up and recently approved.

CONCLUSION

According to this National Plan additional measures will be taken to help children and young people with mental health problems. Networking will play an increasingly important role in the new organisational configuration of the new mental health policy.