There is a considerable amount of interest within pediatrics and pri- mary health care that is currently being directed toward the behavioral and emotional problems of childhood. Traditionally, these areas have been emphasized by child psychiatrists, child psychologists, and psy- chiatric social workers. Now, however, the detection and, in some cases, the assessment and treatment of children with these types of disturb- ances fall within the province of primary child health care profession- als. Even when the child psychiatrist or child psychologist provides the primary mental health...