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Behavioral / Mental Health Disorders
"It
is estimated that one in five children and adolescents have
a mental health problem such as, depression, ADHD, and eating
disorders, and for as many as six million this may be significant
enough to disturb school attendance, home and social conditions."
Despite these startling statistics, the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that fewer than
one in five of these children receives treatment, due in part
to a lack of affordability, lack of availability of specialists,
and stigma. One key point of access for helping these children
receive the mental health care they need is the inclusion
of mental health services - provided by qualified counselors,
psychologists, and social workers - in this nation's schools.
Grants through the Children's Mental Health Services program
have been instrumental in achieving decreased utilization
of inpatient services, improvement in school attendance and
lower law enforcement contact for children and adolescents."
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"The medical home is not just a place, but a
process of care that allows for the identification and tracking
of children and youth with special health care needs, systematic
care coordination, active care planning with families, and
explicit co management with specialists...
The national medical home movement is gaining momentum
among practitioners. Much of the focus has been on the role
of primary care providers. However, this is an ideal time
for specialists in a variety of disciplines to examine the
concept of planned co management between specialty and primary
care. Co management allows for improved “vertical”
communication within the health care systems as well as
better “horizontal” linkages between health
care settings and other key community resources. For specialties
like child psychiatry in which access is a problem or in
which the demand of clinicians exceeds the supply, co-management
offers opportunities for increased efficiency and reduced
redundancy. Joint ventures to pilot these concepts are needed."2
General Information
When
to Seek Professional Help for Behavior Problems
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Let's
Talk Facts About. . .Childhood Disorders
From the American Psychiatric Association
Bright
Futures in Practice: Mental Health provides a vision,
a framework, and a practical set of resources and tools
to help address the mental and emotional health and wellbeing
of all children and adolescents as a critical element of
child and adolescent health care. This recognition of the
importance of mental health care is especially significant
in today’s complex society, in which many of the concerns
that families bring to primary care health professionals
relate to developmental, psychosocial, or specific mental
health issues. To access the early childhood section of
this guide click
here.
President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
In April 2002 as part of his commitment to eliminate
inequality for Americans with disabilities. The President
directed the Commission to identify policies that could
be implemented by Federal, State and local governments to
maximize the utility of existing resources, improve coordination
of treatments and services, and promote successful community
integration for adults with a serious mental illness and
children with a serious emotional disturbance. For more
information go to
www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/
Resources
 The National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (FFCMH) published the Family Guide to Systems of Care to inform caregivers and families about how to seek the best care for children with mental health needs. The content and format were determined by families across the country.
The 15 Minute Mental Health Visit - recorded teleconference, June 5, 2008
The AAP Task Force on Mental Health collaborated with the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, Council on Children with Disabilities, Council on Community Pediatrics, Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and Bright Futures to provide a Web-based teleconference for primary care pediatricians focused on educating pediatricians on how to approach mental health concerns with parents, children, and adolescents in the primary care setting.
Speakers Larry Wissow, MD, MPH and Anne Gadomski, MD, MPH discuss the "common factors" approach and present video clips of doctors interviewing simulated patients with mental health problems that are common in the pediatric primary care setting. A panel of experts respond to the video clips and assist in answering participant questions. Length: 62 minutes
Dual Diagnosis Partnership Training Web Site
Through a partnership between the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed and Essential Learning, an online training initiative where behavioral health professionals can take courses and earn continuing education credits through the Internet, has been launched. A variety of courses to promote understanding and the gaining of new skills are being offered, including such new courses as:
- Autistic learning disabilities approach
- Dental and oral hygiene for individuals with mental illness
- Behavior development for people with developmental disabilities
- Sleep and mental health
The Rural Web Portal: Healthy Children and Families:
A new and valuable technical assistance resource for rural and frontier communities working to transform systems for children's behavioral health in rural and frontier areas. An outcome of the National Plan for Rural Behavioral Health, this activity is funded by the SAMHSA/Center for Mental Health Services and represents a collaboration across several technical assistance centers providing TA to children's grant programs initially those funded through SAMHSA/CMHS.
DATA MATTERS CORNER
In January 2007, the National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development launched DATA MATTERS CORNER, an interactive online newsletter designed to enhance the center’s connection and keep readers up to date on the latest in the field of children's mental health.
Promising Approaches for Strengthening the Interface Between Primary and Specialty Pediatric Care- Federal Expert Work Group on Pediatric Subspecialty Capacity
March 2006
Connecting for Children's Sake: Integrating Physical and Mental Health Care in the Medical Home
October 2005
This 2005 Pediatrics for the 21st Century Symposium examined ways in which pediatricians can more efficiently and effectively collaborate with mental health specialists to improve their patients' medical and mental health care. This document includes many examples of successful community-based models from across the country.
The Best Beginning: Partnerships Between Primary Health Care and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Young Children and Their Families,
August 2005
Pediatricians are in a unique position to identify early childhood mental health concerns and family mental health and substance abuse risk factors. This SAMHSA-funded, web-based resource features eight innovative medical home practices that integrate behavioral health screening for the whole family, facilitate referrals to community services, and offer follow-up care. This resource describes how the practices use very different approaches to do it, fund it, and the lessons they learned.
A Compilation of Lessons Learned from the 22 Grantees for the 1997 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program
State
and local NAMIs
Provide support groups for consumers and their family members
and friends, share important information and services across
the mental health community, and advocate at the state level
for improved mental health services.
Children's Mental Health Resource
Kit
An estimated one in ten children and adolescents
suffers from mental illness severe enough to cause impairment--and
half of these young people do not get the services they
need. This Children's Defense Fund Children's Mental
Health Resource Kit has information on accessing mental
health screens and assessments through Medicaid and the
Children 's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs.
Online Toolkit on Childhood Depression and Anxiety
The Washington State Department of Health Children
with Special Health Care Needs Program and the Center for
Children with Special Needs have developed a new online
toolkit for health care providers, advocacy and community
groups, parents, and families. The Childhood and Adolescent
Depression and Anxiety Toolkit, which includes Spanish language
materials, is available at
www.cshcn.org/resources/mentalhealthtoolkit.cfm.
Mental
Health in Children and Adolescents is an electronic
guide on recent, high-quality resources in child and adolescent
mental health. It addresses the goals outlined in Report
of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental
Health: A National Action Agenda and includes links to web
sites and electronic publications, journal articles, databases,
and electronic newsletters. It is intended for use by health
professionals, program administrators, policymakers, educators
and families who are interested in this topic.
Web sites/Organizations
http://www.aap.org/commpeds/dochs/mentalhealth/
In 2004, in response to the growing need to address children’s mental health concerns in primary care, the AAP Board of Directors formed the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Task Force on Mental Health (TFOMH). The Task Force is chaired by Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, and includes 10 AAP members, 5 AAP member consultants, and liaisons representing mental health professional organizations, family organizations, and other professional societies. The task force is responsible for providing feedback and guidance to AAP staff on mental health projects as outlined in the AAP Mental Health Action Plan.
Allendale Association: www.allendale4kids.org/
The Allendale Association is a private, not-for-profit organization
dedicated to excellence and innovation in the care, education,
treatment and advocacy for troubled children, youth and
their families.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: www.aacap.org
Information is provided as a public service to aid in the
understanding and treatment of the developmental, behavioral,
and mental disorders which affect an estimated 7 to 12 million
children and adolescents at any given time in the United
States. You will find information on child and adolescent
psychiatry, fact sheets for parents and caregivers, AACAP
membership, current research, practice guidelines, managed
care information, awards and fellowship descriptions, meeting
information, and much more.
American Psychiatric Association: www.psych.org
The American Psychiatric Association is a medical specialty
society recognized world-wide. Its 37,000 U.S. and international
member physicians work together to ensure humane care and
effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder,
including mental retardation and substance-related disorders.
It is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry. Its
vision is a society that has available, accessible quality
psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.
American Psychological Association: www.apa.org
Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association
(APA) is a scientific and professional organization that
represents psychology in the United States.
American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health
Topics:
www.aap.org/topics.html
Browse through health topics such as: Behavioral
and Mental Health, Community Health, Diseases and Conditions,
Family Health, Healthy Development, Navigating the Health
Care System, Populations with Unique Health Care Needs.
Direct link to Behavioral/Mental Health information from
the AAP: www.aap.org/healthtopics/behavmenthlth.cfm
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: www.bazelon.org
The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization based in Washington
D.C. Known until 1993 as the Mental Health Law Project,
our name today honors the federal appeals court judge whose
landmark decisions pioneered the field of mental health
law. Our advocacy is based on the principle that every individual
is entitled to choice and dignity.
Behavioral Healthcare and Telehealth Resources
on the Web
www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/pointers.html
Professional behavioral health resources, including international
conferences, congresses, scientific meetings, seminars and
training workshops of over 4,500 organizations worldwide
dealing with mental health.
CDC Mental Health Work Group: www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
The CDC Mental Health Work Group Web site includes
basic public health information on mental health
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice:
cecp.air.org/promisingpractices/
It is the mission of the Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice to support and promote a reoriented national
preparedness to foster the development and the adjustment
of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional
disturbance. To achieve that goal, the Center is dedicated
to a policy of collaboration at Federal, state, and local
levels that contributes to and facilitates the production,
exchange, and use of knowledge about effective practices.
Center for Mental Health Services: www.mentalhealth.org
CMHS leads Federal efforts to treat mental illnesses by
promoting mental health and by preventing the development
or worsening of mental illness when possible.
Conduct Disorders: www.conductdisorders.com/
ConductDisorders.com is a companion site to our wonderful
Parent Message Board...that is worth more than many years
of paid therapy.
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD):
www.ccbd.net/
The Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD)
is the official division of the Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC) committed to promoting and facilitating the
education and general welfare of children and youth with
emotional or behavioral disorders.
Depression and Co-Occurring Illness Fact Sheet; What
is Depression?: www.depressionscreening.org
The depression screening web site is sponsored by the National
Mental Health Association (NMHA) as part of NMHA's Campaign
for America's Mental Health. The mission of this web site
is to educate people about clinical depression, offer a
confidential way for people to get screened for symptoms
of the illness, and guide people toward appropriate professional
help if necessary.
The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health:
www.ffcmh.org
The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
serves, with humility and determination, to provide and
sustain leadership for a broad and deep nation-wide network
of family-run organizations.
HANDS Screening Tool for National Depression Screening
Day: mentalhealthscreening.org
Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (formerly the National
Mental Illness Screening Project) is a nonprofit organization
developed to coordinate nationwide mental health screening
programs and to ensure cooperation, professionalism, and
accountability in mental illness screenings.
Mental Health InfoSource:www.mhsource.com/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: www.nami.org
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit,
grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization
of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe
mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression,
bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety
disorders.
National Association of School Psychologists: www.nasponline.org
The mission of the National Association of School Psychologists
(NASP) is to promote educationally and psychologically healthy
environments for all children and youth by implementing
research-based, effective programs that prevent problems,
enhance independence, and promote optimal learning. This
is accomplished through state-of-the-art research and training,
advocacy, ongoing program evaluation, and caring professional
service.
National Institute for Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
is to diminish the burden of mental illness through research.
This public health mandate demands that we harness powerful
scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment
and, eventually prevention of mental illness.
National Mental Health and Education Center:
www.naspcenter.org
The National Mental Health and Education Center for Children
and Families, a public service of the National Association
of School Psychologists, is an information and action network
to foster best practices in education and mental health
for children and families. The Center works to provide support
for children and families and improve the professional training
and practices of school psychologists and pupil service
providers.
National Mental Health Association: www.nmha.org
The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's
oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all
aspects of mental health and mental illness.
The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's
Mental Health
gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/
The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's
Mental Health is dedicated to helping states, tribes, territories,
and communities discover, apply, and sustain innovative
and collaborative solutions that improve the social, emotional,
and behavioral well being of children and families. They
offer a variety of activities that include a broad range
of training and technical assistance opportunities for states,
tribes, territories, and communities to assist in transforming
service delivery systems for children with mental health
needs and their families.
Pharmacist Support For People With Mental Health Care
Needs: www.nmhct.nhs.uk/pharmacy
Here you can find out more about drug treatments that are
prescribed for mental health needs, about the Pharmacy that
provides information on this website, and a related group
of pharmacy and drug-related items.
The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental
Health: rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/
The mission of the Research and Training Center (RTC) is
to improve services for children and adolescents with serious
emotional disabilities (SED) and their families by strengthening
the knowledge base for effective services and systems of
care. The Center is seeking to achieve this mission through
an integrated set of research, training, and dissemination
activities.
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's
Mental Health:
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/
The Center is dedicated to promoting effective community-based,
culturally competent, family-centered services for families
and their children who are, or may be affected by mental,
emotional or behavioral disorders. This goal is accomplished
through collaborative research partnerships with family
members, service providers, policy makers, and other concerned
persons.
Seguin Services Incorporated: www.seguin.org/
Seguin Services Incorporated is an industry leader providing
services and support for adults and children with disabilities.
Start Early Start Smart: www.health.org/promos/sess/txt_technical.html
Casey Family Programs and the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration are collaborating on this
national initiative. (SAMHSA is a federal agency within
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.) Starting
Early Starting Smart (SESS) is a knowledge development application
grant which funds the integration of substance abuse and
mental health prevention and treatment services in primary
care and early childhood sites.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
www.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the
quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative
services in order to reduce illness, death, disability,
and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental
illnesses.
Surgeon General's Office, Mental Health: Report from
the Surgeon General: www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html
This seminal report provides us with an opportunity to dispel
the myths and stigma surrounding mental illness.
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health: http://www.tapartnership.org/
The mission of the TA Partnership is to support communities in their efforts to successfully develop and implement local systems of care. They assist with developing a broad array of community-based, strength-based services to improve outcomes for children with serious emotional disturbance. They do this through our Resource Specialists, Regional Technical Assistance Coordinators, Consultant Pool, Team Learning Centers, Meetings, Webinars, and Web site. TA is provided mainly through contact at meetings, telephone calls, and e-mail.
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program):
www.triplep.net/
The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is a multi-level,
parenting and family support strategy that aims to prevent
severe behavioural, emotional and developmental problems
in children by enhancing the knowledge, skills and confidence
of parents. The program was developed by Professor Matt
Sanders and colleagues from the Parenting and Family Support
Center in the School of Psychology at The University of
Queensland. Triple P incorporates five levels of intervention
of increasing strength for parents of children from birth
to age 12. Recently the program has been extended to address
the concerns of parents of young people aged 12-16.
Triple P America is responsible
for:
Distributing Triple P resource materials in the U.S; Contractual
training of Triple P with organizations and agencies in
the U.S.; Triple P training courses for individual practitioners.
Resource Materials in the U.S.
Practitioners and parents in the U.S. can order Triple
P resource materials by going to: www.triplep-america.com
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Statement for the Record for the U.S.
House of Representatives| Committee on Appropriations
| Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.
FY 2004 on behalf of the AAP. May 14, 2003
2. Cooley, WC., Improving Care for Children
with Chronic Conditions: The Primary Care Medical Home.
AACAP News. September/October 2004.
Last Updated
March 8, 2007 |
