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Children's and Adolescents' Mental Health
Like adults, children and adolescents can have mental health disorders that
interfere with the way they think, feel, and act. Mental health influences the ways individuals look at themselves, their lives, and others in their lives. Like physical health, mental health is important at every stage of life.
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Child, Adolescent and Family Branch
The Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Federal Center for Mental
Health Services promotes and ensures that the mental health needs of children and their families are met within the context of community-based systems of care. Systems of care are developed on the premise that the
mental health needs of children, adolescents, and their families can be met within their home, school, and community environments.
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Caring for Every Child's Mental Health
Systems of Care the Caring for Every Child's Mental Health communications campaign is a public information and education program to:
- Increase public awareness about the importance of protecting and nurturing the mental health of young people.
- Foster recognition that many children have mental health problems that are real, painful, and sometimes severe.
- Encourage caregivers to seek early, appropriate treatment and services.
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- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.
This site includes an article on school planning for disasters and the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
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- Youth Violence Prevention
The CMHS initiative on school violence focuses on the collective
involvement of families, communities, and schools to build resiliency to
disruptive behavior disorders.
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- Listening Dads Are Champs 15+
Children whose fathers are highly involved with them in a positive way
do better in school, demonstrate better psychological well-being and
lower levels of delinquency, and ultimately attain higher levels of
education and economic self-sufficiency.
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