Emotional,
Behavioral, and Mental Health Challenges in Children
and Adolescents
Knowledge
Path
October 2007
Introduction
This knowledge path has
been compiled by the Maternal
and Child Health Library at
Georgetown University. It offers a selection
of current, high-quality resources about
children and adolescents with emotional,
behavioral, and mental health challenges.
Resources tap into the health, education,
social services, and juvenile justice
literature. The path identifies tools
for staying abreast of new developments
in mental health care and for conducting
further research. Separate sections present
resources for families and schools. The
final part of the knowledge path presents
resources about specific emotional, behavioral,
and mental health challenges. The knowledge
path is aimed at health professionals,
program administrators, policymakers,
educators, and families, and it will
be updated periodically.
Related knowledge paths: Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents and
the Community
services locator: Locating community-based
services to support children and families.
For resources about the general care
and development of children and adolescents
with special health care needs, including
those with chronic illnesses, physical
disabilities, or emotional, behavioral,
and mental health challenges, see the
knowledge path, Children
and adolescents with special health
care needs.
Overview
See Bright
Futures in practice: Mental health (2002).
This guide contains mental-health-promotion
and substance-use-prevention guidelines
for infants, children, and adolescents.
The guide includes a section about
emotional, behavioral, and mental health
challenges encountered in primarily
care practice. The second section of
this knowledge path, Resources
on Specific Emotional, Behavioral,
and Mental Health Challenges, follows
the topics covered in the Bright Futures
guide with the addition of resources
about juvenile justice, schizophrenia,
suicide, and Tourette Syndrome.
Resources
for Professionals
Web Sites:
A-Z
- Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ).
Contains data and information from
the Kids'
Inpatient Database (KID), Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), National
Guideline Clearinghouse and
the National
Quality Measures Clearinghouse along
with research
findings about
mental health and children and
adolescents. AHRQ is the health
services research arm of the Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Resources and initiatives include
Child
Health Toolbox: Measuring Performance
in Child Health Programs Access,
Quality, and Health Service
Delivery.
Contains tips and tools to help
state and local policymakers
and program administrators evaluate
Medicaid, the State Children's
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP),
Title V, and other health programs
for children and adolescents
that include mental health services.
- American
Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry (AACAP).
Contains information about research,
legislative activities, and meetings
pertaining to child and adolescent
mental health; policy statements;
clinical practice guidelines; and
a directory of
child and adolescent psychiatrists.
- American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Mental
Health.
Contains program information, meeting
materials, policy statements, journal
articles, grant
project information,
a newsletter,
and other resources for health
professionals about mental health
and children and adolescents. A
separate section presents resources
about behavioral
health in
children and adolescents. Publications
include
Classification
of child and adolescent mental
diagnoses in primary care: Diagnostic
and statistical manual for primary
care (DSM-PC) child and adolescent
version.
(1996).
Maltreatment
of children with disabilities.
(2007).
Strategies
for system change in children's
mental health: A chapter action
kit.
(2007).
- American
Institutes for Research (AIR).
Describes its services for programs
that offer help to children and
adolescents with emotional and
behavioral challenges and their
families. AIR administers a number
of projects about child and adolescent
mental health for the U.S. Departments
of Education, Health and Human
Services, and Justice, including
Center
for Effective Collaboration
and Practice (CECP).
Provides a series of monographs,
articles, and research briefs
for health and education professionals
about what is working for children
and adolescents with serious
emotional challenges in systems
of care.
Technical
Assistance Partnership for Child
and Family Mental Health.
Contains program and conference
information, reports, an electronic
newsletter,
and other resources to support
local communities in their efforts
to successfully develop and implement
systems of care. Recent publications
include
- American
Psychological Association (APA). Contains
news, articles, brochures, and
information about publications
and programs on a wide range of
mental health issues affecting children
and families. APA
Books offers
several publications about
children and adolescents with emotional,
behavioral, and mental health challenges.
- Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law.
Provides legislative news, fact
sheets, and reports about children's
mental health.
Topics include health insurance
and financing, health care systems,
child welfare, education, and juvenile
justice. The center works to advance
and preserve the rights of people
with mental health challenges and
developmental disabilities. Recent
publications are
Checklist
for advocates of school-wide
positive behavior support integrated
with mental health.
(2006).
Checklist
for local advocates of school wide
positive behavior support with
mental health.
(2006).
Moving
on: Federal programs to assist
transition-age youth with serious
mental health conditions.
(2005). This collection of fact
sheets provides information about
57 federal programs that address
the wide range of needs of adolescents
with serious mental health challenges
who are transitioning into adulthood.
Way
to go: School success for children
with mental health care needs.
(2006).
- Bright
Futures at Georgetown University.
Contains guidelines, distance-education
resources, and training tools for
a practical developmental approach
to providing health supervision
for infants, children, and adolescents,
including those with special health
care needs. Topics include general
health and development, mental
health, nutrition, oral health,
and physical activity. Some materials
are available in Spanish. Bright
Futures is funded by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
Materials include
Bright
Futures in practice: Mental
health.
(2002). This guide contains
mental-health-promotion and
substance-use-prevention guidelines
for infants, children, and adolescents.
It is designed to inform primary
care pediatric health professionals
about the essentials of mental
health promotion; to identify
the support that infants, children,
and adolescents need for good
mental health; and to assist
in the development and implementation
of mental-health-promotion programs
and policies. A companion volume
provides tools to assist in
mental health screening, education,
and health care management.
What
to expect and when to seek help:
Bright Futures developmental tools
for families and providers (2006).
A companion referral
tool helps
professionals identify resources
in their own communities. These
tools are available in English
and Spanish.
- Center
for Evidence-Based Practice: Young
Children with Challenging Behavior.
Offers fact sheets, policy briefs,
research syntheses, and teaching
and training tools for early childhood
professionals on evidence-based
recommendations for positive behavior
support. The center is funded by
the Department
of Education to
promote the use of evidence-based
practice to meet the needs of young
children who have, or are at risk
for, problem behavior. Recent publications
include
Promoting
social, emotional and behavioral
outcomes of young children served
under IDEA.
(2007).
- Center
for Health Care Strategies (CHCS).
Contains program information and
publications about improving the
quality of publicly financed health
care relating to behavioral health.
CHCS is a nonprofit policy resource
center that promotes high-quality
health care services for low-income
populations and people with chronic
illnesses and disabilities. Recent
initiatives and publications about
child and adolescent mental health
include
Improving
Outcomes for Children Involved
in Child Welfare.
Offers information about this
national collaborative with
11 managed care organizations
to improve the delivery of physical
and mental health care for children
and adolescents in child welfare.
Public
financing of home and community
services for children and youth
with serious emotional disturbances.
(2006).
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC): Mental Health Work Group.
Offers an electronic guide to CDC's
public health information on mental
health from across CDC's many agencies.
Includes links to CDC data reports
and other publications about mental
health, links to mental health
organizations by state, and links
to surveys and instruments used
in research studies to measure
mental health domains. Recent publications
include
Mental
health in the United States:
Health care and well being of
children with chronic emotional,
behavioral, or developmental
problems -- United States, 2001.
(2005).
Role
of public health in mental health
promotion.
(2005).
Also see CDC's Data2010,
the Youth
Risk Behavior Surveillance System
(YRBSS), Healthy
Youth!, CDC's Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD) resource,
and the National
Center for Injury Prevention and
Control.
- Developmental
Behavioral Pediatrics Online (dbpeds.org).
Contains resources for health professionals
to promote better care and outcomes
for children, adolescents, and
families affected by developmental,
learning, and behavioral problems.
Includes forms, checklists, and
other screening tools; online tutorials;
an electronic
discussion group;
and articles to support improvement
in developmental and behavioral
screening, surveillance, and identification
of disabilities. dbpeds.org is
affiliated with AAP's Section on
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
- Food
and Drug Administration (FDA):
Drug Information Pathfinder.
Links to a wealth of information
about specific medications, ensuring
safe use of medicine, drug approvals,
clinical trials, and more.
- Georgetown
University Center for Child and
Human Development (GUCCHD).
Offers program, conference, and
training information; publications;
and other resources to improve
the quality of life for all children
and adolescents, especially those
with special health care needs
or at risk for poor outcomes. GUCCHD
is a division of Georgetown University's
Department of Pediatrics. Resources
and initiatives about mental health
include
National
Center for Cultural Competence
(NCCC).
Contains resources and tools
to increase the capacity of
health and mental health programs
to design, implement, and evaluate
culturally and linguistically
competent service delivery systems.
Materials are available in Spanish.
Also see the NCCC
Resource Database.
National
Technical Assistance Center for
Children's Mental Health.
Offers program and conference information
and other resources about reforming
services and building systems of
care for children and adolescents
who have, or are at risk for, mental
health challenges and their families.
Recent publications include
- Healthy
People 2010.
Offers information about this national
health-promotion and disease-prevention
initiative. Focus
area 18 addresses
mental health and mental health
challenges. The initiative is coordinated
by the Office
of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (ODPHP).
Also see Data2010 for
data about the Healthy
People 2010 mental
health objectives. See too the HP2010
Information Access Project for
access to published literature
related to the Healthy
People 2010 objectives
about mental health and mental
health challenges.
- MCH
Training Program: Developmental-Behavioral
Pediatrics.
Offers information about these
programs working to prepare health
professionals to develop or improve
the behavioral, psychosocial, and
developmental aspects of general
pediatric care. The training program
is part of the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
- National
Association of Mental Health Planning
and Advisory Councils (NAMHPAC).
Provides resources for state and
territory mental health planning
councils to help them function
more effectively. Also presents
brochures, toolkits, and position
statements about key mental health
issues, including evidence-based
practices in the mental health
system. NAMHPAC is an association
of advocates, parents, and consumers
involved with state mental health
planning across the country.
- National
Association of State Mental Health
Program Directors (NASMHPD).
Offers information about its technical
assistance programs, publications, data,
and other resources that focus
on state mental health services,
including programs for children,
adolescents, and families.
- National
Center for Children in Poverty
(NCCP).
Offers program information and
publications about children's
mental health.
Located at the Mailman School of
Public Health at Columbia University,
NCCP works to identify and promote
strategies that prevent child poverty
and improve the lives of children
and families with low incomes in
the United States. Recent publications
include
Challenges
and opportunities in children's
mental health: A view from families
and youth.
(2006).
Child
and youth emergency mental health
care: A national problem.
(2007).
Facts
about trauma for policymakers:
Children's mental health.
(2007).
Strengthening
policies to support children, youth,
and families who experience trauma.
(2007).
- National
Children's Study.
Contains information about this
study to examine the effects of
environmental influences on the
health and development of more
than 100,000 children and adolescents
across the United States, following
them from before birth until age
21. As part of the study, the Development
and Behavior Working Group will
evaluate environmental factors
that are associated with development
and behavior. The National
Institute of Child Health and Development
(NICHD) and
a consortium of federal agencies
are conducting the study.
- National
Coalition for Health Professional
Education in Genetics (NCHPEG).
Includes an online education programs
about genetics and mental illness.
NCHPEG promotes health professional
education and access to information
about advances in human genetics.
- National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Contains resources for health and
education professionals about the
diagnosis and treatment of mental
disorders in children and adolescents.
Resources include news about clinical
trials and multi-center collaborations
as well as sections devoted to
medications and to specific mental
disorders.
- National
Mental Health Information Center.
Offers an abundance of resources
about child
and adolescent mental health,
including publications and program
information that are aimed at health
professionals, educators, and policymakers.
Topics range from specific emotional,
behavioral, and mental health challenges
to mental health systems of care.
Also offers a mental health services locator and hotline information.
The center is a service of the Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS),
which leads federal efforts to
treat mental health challenges
by promoting mental health and
by preventing or minimizing mental
illness when possible. CMHS is
part of the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA).
Initiatives and publications include
American
Indian/Alaska Native Circles
of Care.
Describes this grant program
designed to support tribal governments
and urban Indian programs in
their efforts to design and
assess culturally appropriate
mental health service models
for American Indian/Alaska Native
(AI/AN) children with serious
emotional, behavioral, and mental
health challenges and their
families. Lists funded communities.
Caring
for Every Child's Mental Health.
Presents this communications campaign
that aims to help families, educators,
and health professionals recognize
mental health challenges and seek
or recommend appropriate services.
It also strives to reduce the stigma
associated with mental health challenges.
Includes an order form for a collection
of materials about child and adolescent
mental health.
Child
and Adolescent Mental Health and
Substance Abuse State Infrastructure
Grants.
Describes this program to strengthen
the capacity of states, territories,
and Native American tribal governments
to develop and sustain substance
abuse and mental health services
including early intervention, treatment,
and/or continuing services and
supports at the local level for
children, adolescents, and young
adults with serious emotional,
behavioral, and mental health challenges
and their families. Lists grantees
by state.
Comprehensive
Community Mental Health Services
Program for Children and Their
Families.
Describes this program to promote
more effective ways to organize,
coordinate, and deliver mental
health services and supports for
children, adolescents, and their
families. Presents a series
of monographs on
promising practices in children's
mental health services that have
potential for replication across
the country. Other recent publications
include
Mental
health, United States.
This biennial report presents statistics
on all aspects of mental health
care in the United States to help
guide program and policy direction
and identify a course toward system
transformation in mental health
care.
Partnership
for Youth in Transition.
Describes this grant program to
plan, design, and implement youth
transition programs for adolescents
with serious emotional disorders
and their families. Lists grantees
by state. Publications include
Statewide
Family Networks.
Describes this grant program designed
to increase the capacity of statewide
family network grantees to participate
in the development of policies,
programs, and quality assurance
activities related to the mental
health of children and adolescents
with serious emotional disorders
and their families. Lists grantees
by state.
- Promising
Practices Network (PPN) on Children,
Families, and Communities.
Offers a wealth of evidence-based
information about what works to
improve the lives of children,
adolescents, and families. Features
descriptions of evaluated
programs that
improve outcomes for children and
adolescents. Topic areas include behavior
problems and mental
health.
Also offers a collection of summaries from
the research literature about evidence-based
programs on topics that include mental
health and substance
abuse.
In addition, PPN contains information
about and links to resources on
forming, funding, and maintaining
community partnerships and collaborations;
service integration; program implementation;
evaluating the process and monitoring
outcomes; and results-based decision-making. Partner
Pages link
to collections of research and
information on specific priority
areas regarding children, adolescents,
families, and communities that
include mental health. Most of
the pages focus on a particular
state. PPN is a service of the RAND
Corporation.
- Research
and Training Center for Children's
Mental Health.
Provides research articles, data
summaries,
conference presentations, an organizations
directory,
and program information about improving
services and outcomes for children
and adolescents with serious emotional
or behavioral challenges and their
families. The center is part of
the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental
Health Institute at the University
of South Florida. In addition to
a series
of issue briefs and technical reports containing
summaries of lessons learned from
established system-of-care communities,
recent publications include
Assumptions,
indicators and descriptors for
the Family Voice Study: Assessing
the role of family organizations
in developing family voice in
systems of care.
(2006).
Examining
the research base supporting culturally
competent children's mental health
services.
(2006).
Family
driven care: Are we there yet?
A road map for system transformation
for family members, educators,
and mental health professionals.
(2007).
Organizational
cultural competence: A review of
assessment protocols.
(2006).
Quick
guide for self-assessment of family-run
organizations in systems of care.
(2007).
- Research
and Training Center on Family Support
and Children's Mental Health (RTC). Contains
program information, reports, and electronic
news services about
community integration for children
and adolescents with emotional
and behavioral challenges and their
families and about strengthening
family participation in child and
adolescent mental health services.
Located at Portland State University,
RTC is dedicated to promoting effective
services for families and their
children with emotional, behavioral,
or mental health challenges. Recent publications include
Employed
parents of children with mental
health disorders: Achieving
work-family fit, flexibility,
and role quality.
(2007).
Wraparound:
Key information, evidence, and
endorsements.
(2007).
- Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA).
Contains program and funding information
about improving mental health services
for children,
adolescents, and their families.
Also offers electronic
news services.
SAMHSA focuses on building resilience
and facilitating recovery for people
with or at risk for mental health
or substance use disorders. Recent
publications and initiatives include
From
exclusion to belonging: Transforming
mental health care in America.
(2006).
Reducing
substance abuse in America: Building
the nation's demand reduction infrastructure.
A framework for discussion.
(2006).
Systems
of Care.
Offers program information and
resources about promoting a coordinated
network of community-based services
and supports that are organized
to meet the challenges of children
and youth with serious mental health
needs and their families.
Note: Many of SAMHSA's
publications and initiatives about
child and adolescent mental health
are disseminated via the National
Mental Health Information Center.
- Zero
to Three.
Provides a wealth of research-based
resources to promote early
childhood mental health by
supporting and strengthening families,
communities, and those who work
on behalf of children from birth
to age 3. Recent publications include
Building
system capacity: Improving infant
and early childhood mental health
in Philadelphia.
(2006).
Additional Electronic
Publications
- Ablorh-Adjidja A, Bryant
B, Green E, Ingoglia C, Ingoglia JN,
Joh J, Phillips C, Punja S, Rajan R,
Schaff K. 2005. Supporting
collaboration between mental health
and public health.
Washington, DC: National
Association of County and City Health
Officials (NACCHO).
This issue brief provides background
on the connection between practice
and systems of public health and mental
health and offers recommendations for
incorporating mental health into public
health practice at the federal, state,
and local levels. Also see NACCHO's
companion publication, Guiding
principles for collaboration between
mental health and public health (2005).
- Anda
R. 2006. Health
and social impact of growing up with
alcohol abuse and related adverse childhood
experiences: The human and economic
costs of the status quo.
Rockville, MD: National
Association for Children of Alcoholics
(NACOA).
This paper presents findings from the
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Study, a decade-long, ongoing study
designed to examine the childhood origins
of many health and social problems.
The paper describes the study design
and discusses the interrelatedness
of ACEs. Types of ACEs discussed include
abuse, neglect, household dysfunction,
and domestic violence. The relationship
of ACE scores to alcohol consumption,
risk factors for HIV and AIDS, smoking
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
depression and suicide attempts; worker
performance; and health care costs
are examined.
- Center for Best Practices.
2005. Funding
for children's mental health services:
Making the most of Medicaid.
Washington, DC: National
Governors Association (NGA).
This issue brief describes the cost
to society of unmet mental health needs
and outlines the Medicaid options available
to states to expand treatment capacity
for children with mental health challenges.
- Children's
Law Center of Los Angeles (CLC).
2007. Making
reform real: Addressing the mental
health needs of children in the dependency
system.
Monterey Park, CA: Children's Law
Center of Los Angeles (CLC). This
report summarizes the discussion
and recommendations of the 2006 Foster
Youth Mental Health Summit, which
brought together mental health professionals,
social workers, foster parents, relative
caregivers, advocates, community
leaders, and children and adolescents
to identify and develop concrete,
workable solutions pertaining to
the provision of mental health services
to foster children in Los Angeles
County.
- Herman M. 2006. Difficult
passage: Helping youth with mental
health needs transition into adulthood.
Washington, DC: National
Conference of State Legislatures
(NCSL).
This policy brief addresses the challenge
of helping adolescents with mental
health needs transition into adulthood
and highlights the approaches different
states are taking to meet the challenge.
- Hess C. 2007. Building
better systems for child and adolescent
mental health.
Portland, ME: National
Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP).
This paper summarizes the results
of a meeting convened as a means
of engaging state, federal, professional,
and consumer experts from the child
mental health and maternal and child
health fields in a conversation about
how to develop stronger collaborative
approaches to improve systems for
child and adolescent mental health.
- Institute
of Medicine (IOM).
2006. Improving
the quality of health care for mental
and substance-use conditions.
Washington, DC: National
Academies Press.
This book examines the distinctive
characteristics of health care for
mental health and substance-use disorders,
including payment, benefit coverage,
and regulatory issues, as well as
health care organization and delivery
issues.
- Melnyk
BM, Moldenhauer Z, eds. 2006. KySS
(Keep Your Children/Yourself Safe and
Secure) guide to child and adolescent
mental health screening, early intervention,
and health promotion.
Cherry Hill, NJ: National
Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
(NAPNAP).
This guide for pediatric health professionals
focuses on mental health screening
and early intervention and mental health
promotion for children and adolescents.
Chapters cover assessing and screening
for common mental health problems;
diagnosing, managing, and preventing
mental health disorders; anxiety disorders;
attention deficit hyperactivity disorders;
eating disorders; grief and loss; mood
disorders; marital separation and divorce;
maltreatment; sexuality; substance
abuse; violence; reimbursement; and
brief interventions. Screening tools,
Web-based resources, and educational
handouts for parents as well as school-age
children and adolescents are also included.
- Office
of the Surgeon General.
1999. Mental
health: A report of the Surgeon General.
Washington, DC: Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
This report reflects an extensive
review of scientific literature on
mental health, as well as consultations
with mental health professionals
and consumers. A chapter is devoted
to child and adolescent mental health,
and it examines normal development,
risk factors and prevention, mental
health challenges, and health service
delivery.
- Office
of the Surgeon General.
2001. Mental
health: Culture, race, ethnicity.
Washington, DC: Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
This supplement to Mental health:
A report of the Surgeon General (1999)
discusses the barriers to services
that are encountered by persons of
certain social and cultural groups.
- Office
of the Surgeon General.
2000. Report
of the Surgeon General's Conference
on Children's Mental Health: A national
action agenda. Washington,
DC: Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
This report introduces a blueprint
for addressing children's mental
health needs in the United States.
- Podmostko
M. 2007. Tunnels
and cliffs: A guide for workforce development
practitioners and policymakers serving
youth with mental health needs.
Washington, DC: National
Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
for Youth.
This guide is designed to help workforce
development practitioners, administrators,
and policy makers enhance their understanding
of adolescents with mental health needs
and the supports necessary to help
them transition into the work force
successfully.
- President's
New Freedom Commission on Mental
Health.
2003. Achieving
the promise: Transforming mental
health care in America -- Final report.
Washington, DC: President's New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health. This
report describes the problems and
gaps in the mental health system
and makes recommendations for immediate
improvements that the federal government,
state governments, local agencies,
and public and private health professionals
can implement. The report describes
several model programs.
- President's
New Freedom Commission on Mental
Health.
2003. Major
federal programs supporting and financing
mental health care.
Washington, DC: President's New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health. This
document outlines federal support
for mental health care. Each program
description includes the responsible
agency, what is provided, eligibility
criteria, the application process,
the method of payment, and Web site
address for further information.
- Saldana D. 2006. Assessing
mental health needs in local communities:
A primer in research methods to assess
community needs and develop local
planning strategies.
Austin, TX: Hogg
Foundation for Mental Health.
This manual outlines a planning process
for local community mental health
services development. It is designed
for service agencies, civic planners,
and community organizations that
are interested in using a research-based
model that may be especially appropriate
for rural or underserved areas.
- Shalwitz
J, Sang T, Combs N, Davis K, Bushman
D, Payne B. 2007. Behavioral
health: An adolescent provider toolkit.
San Francisco, CA: Adolescent
Health Working Group, San Francisco.
This toolkit for health professionals
focuses on adolescent mental health
and substance use and includes screening
and assessment tools, evaluation and
treatment algorithms, brief office
interventions and counseling guidelines,
behavioral health information and worksheets
for health professionals, and health
education materials. Body basics is
the fourth module of the Adolescent
provider toolkit: A guide for treating
teen patients.
- Van Landeghem K, Hess
CA. 2005. Children's
mental health: An overview and key
considerations for health system stakeholders.
Washington, DC: National
Institute for Health Care Management
Foundation.
This issue paper presents (1) an overview
of important considerations for health
system efforts to promote and improve
the mental health of children and adolescents
and (2) key policy considerations for
promoting and advancing comprehensive
mental health systems for children
and adolescents.
- World
Health Organization (WHO).
2005. Atlas:
Child and adolescent mental health
resources. Global concerns: Implications
for the future.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health
Organization. This report presents
a compilation of information about
country resources for mental health
program development including policy
availability, professional resources,
and mechanisms for financing services
to help governments and other interested
parties support the development of
child and adolescent mental health
services.
Databases
The databases listed below
are excellent tools for identifying data,
additional literature
and research,
and programs about
children and adolescents with emotional,
behavioral, and mental health challenges.
Many of the entries below contain tips
on how to use the databases efficiently.
Please note that databases vary in how
terms should be entered; for example,
some require quotation marks and others
don't. Enter search phrases as shown
in bold below.
- Data
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