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Terms Used In Idaho Code 16-2401

  • Serious emotional disturbance: means a diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) diagnosable mental health, emotional or behavioral disorder, or a neuropsychiatric condition which results in a serious disability, and which requires sustained treatment interventions, and causes the child’s functioning to be impaired in thought, perception, affect or behavior. See Idaho Code 16-2403
This chapter governing the access to the continuum of services for children with serious emotional disturbance may be cited as the "Children’s Mental Health Services Act."