Abstract
The Fort Bragg study is a significant contribution to understanding mental health services. The study"s finding of no differences between treatment and comparison sites raises difficult questions about the benefits of providing a continuum of care approach. The authors note a number of limitations of the study and suggest a more cautious set of conclusions. The findings must be interpreted in light of the knowledge base of children"s mental health services and the unequivocal lesson learned that a continuum of care is feasible and that children with a variety of mental disorders improve when they are provided with comprehensive care. Also, the results may speak more to the unique population of military families and the broad range of services available to those in the comparison sites rather than to a failure of the underlying construct.