SUMMARY In the process of undertaking of health care reform, a network of ambulatory mental health centres (MHC) was created in Lithuania and legislative acts, which regulate the activity of the centres were adopted. However there is lack of data on spread, character and consumers of services, which are provided in practice in the mental health centres. Aim of the study- to analyse the structure of services, aimed at children and provided in the Mental Health Centre, and the data of children, who are applying for the help (their sex, age, the indications of their visits). Objectives:1) to determine the number and conditions of children who apply for the help to the Mental Health Centre; 2) to describe demographic structure of children who apply for the help to the Mental Health Centre; 3) to assess services provided for children with mental disorders in the Mental Health Centre. Methods: The Mental Health Centre of Kaunas Center Outpatient Department, which services about 50 000 habitants, was chosen for the research. Case-histories of 663 children from 0 to 18 years old were investigated. On the ground of visits of children, who depend to the provided district, the spread and morbidity of mental disorders was identified. Quantitative indicators of children visits to the mental health specialists were analysed. Data analysis was performed using the statistical package of SPSS 10.03. Results: In the years 2002 – 2004, 6,1 percent from all served children applied to the... [to full text]