The division of stressors into those stemming from environmental versus internal sources not only makes the divorce experience for children more understandable, but also provides specific strategies for improving the emotional suffering divorce brings for so many children. The findings of long-term divorce effects on children's well being bring attention to the need for support and guidance. Preadolescent and adolescent children of divorce may benefit from support and guidance at a professional level so that they may cope with the typical stressors characteristic of this developmental stage in their lives. Given the increased risk of disorder among already troubled children, this may be .
especially critical for those with previous problematic adjustment. Adolescents have limited independent access to mental health services; however, utilization of clinical services within the school system is an accessible resource for adolescents. Alerting school guidance counselors and psychologists, particularly at the secondary school level, .
would make it easier to obtain such services. In addition, educating parents within these family contexts to recognize when symptoms of disturbance are present may provide the necessary motivation for them to seek out this help for their children.